the pittsburgh pedestrian experience

Before I even agreed to participate in the Low Car Diet, I had planned a trip to Chicago to see family. As indicated previously, I decided to take a Zipcar on my trip. I drove about 450 miles each way and the trip ended up costing me $336.75, which is actually less than I expected. This being my first use of the Zipcar service, I found it easy to use and had no major problems.

I did have a bumpy re-entry though. It took me 7 hours, including stops, to get out to Chicago so I planned accordingly on the return trip, getting up quite early on Monday morning to get the car back time. Nevertheless, I failed to be punctual and had to extend my reservation two times (0.5 hour each) in order to not be late.

When I left the car in its spot and went to make my way home from the South Side, I had another trial and error experience, this time with the bus. I knew that the 51 -A and -C would get to me where I wanted to go so when the 51B came along, I hopped on with the assumption that it would get me to the same general area. However, the bus made a turn premature of my stop and I had to get off, walk, and find a A or C after all.

Long weekend tally:

Walked: 4 miles
Bussed:  6 trips
Carpooled: 6 trips
Drove: ~900 Zipcar miles