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What the commute costs

Three ways to get to the same place, each totalled over your real travel year: what a day costs, times the days you actually go, plus whatever the year adds on top — rego, insurance, servicing, a bike's upkeep. The three rows keep a fixed order and are never ranked; the arithmetic behind every total is written out beside it.

days a week weeks a year

Driving
Fuel, parking, tolls a day
$

Nothing a day

$

Rego, insurance, servicing — the share you'd put on commuting

A year
Public transport
Fares a day
$

Nothing a day

$

A yearly pass or card fee, if any

A year
Bike or walk
Often nothing a day
$

Nothing a day

$

Tyres, servicing, wet-weather gear

A year
5 days a week · 46 weeks
Driving
a year
Transport
a year
Bike
a year
Enter what each way costs

Put in what each way of getting there costs. Nothing here is read from your accounts, and nothing is saved.

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Driving

Public transport

Bike or walk

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About this calculator

How is each way counted?

Cost a day × the days a week you travel × the weeks a year, plus any yearly extras. One formula, three ways, no rate and no curve — nothing you didn't type. The arithmetic behind each total is written out under its bar.

Why aren't the rows sorted by cost?

Sorting by cost is ranking, and ranking is a verdict. The rows keep a fixed order, the bars share one colour, and the widest gap is stated as bare arithmetic — what to do with it is yours.