The cyculator - by Cycle Republic

[OneArmedBandit]

It's nicely designed and, even if not accurate, it's quite good to have an in your face saving of circa 75%. Cars are one of those insidious expenses - you don't actually need to stump up cash for each and every journey - and people are really bad at accurately estimating that sort of expenditure.

What I would love is if someone came up with a decent "starter" pack for commuting - solid bike, decent lights, lock, etc. for, say £250, so people had a tangible number and knew that the kit would be decent rather than the cheapest crap possible as seems to come with "included" accessories.

I think it would be really good sell to people wanting to start rather than suddenly having to navigate thousands of different options.

 

[HLaB]

I'm not sure where its coming from with the calculation of PT costs. If I was to take the bus for every day for 50weeks and not buy a season ticket it'd only be £1,750, the site calculates £3,216. Its a bit generous with the car too, there's no way you could drive into central Cambridge (even assuming you had a parking space) in 45mins. It quotes 51mins for the bus and 73mins for a bike. I usually take about the bus time.

 

[si_c]

Not entirely sure where it gets it's calculations from. For me it reckons an hour commute (actual 35-40mins), and £2300 public transport cost (45 mins estimated - actual 30), which is actually closer to £1400 with a season ticket.

Not especially useful. Pretty pictures though.