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Simply enter your best estimates to the following factors listed below. When you're finished, click the button labled "How much can I save?" to see how much you're spending on driving, how much you'd spend on SEPTA, and how much you can save yourself per month.

Please remember to fill out the form completely and do not enter any symbols (i.e. a '$'). To reset the form and start over, simply click "Start Over."

This tool will help calculate how much you can save if you used SEPTA instead of driving to work.

How many round-trip miles do you drive each day?:

How many days per month do you drive?:

What is your monthly parking cost?:

What are you currently paying for gasoline?*:

How many miles per gallon does your car get?:

The average cost per mile of owning a vehicle**:

per mile

Which SEPTA rail line is closest to you?:

Which rail station is closest to you?:

Do you commute to or through Center City Philadelphia?

Yes I do.      No I don't.

WHAT IT COSTS YOU TO DRIVE EACH MONTH:
The monthly cost of riding SEPTA:
The weekly cost of riding SEPTA:

USING SEPTA ...

Your Monthly Savings Is:

WHAT YOU'LL SAVE BUYING A MONTHLY PASS OVER DRIVING:
Cost of buying a weekly pass every week for a month:
Savings from buying a monthly pass over weekly passes:

* - The average fuel price for the Philadelphia metropolitan area can be monitored daily here.
** - The average cost per mile of vehicle ownership is $0.42 (minus gasoline costs), based on a 2008 study from AAA entitled Your Driving Costs.