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I checked into that private bus for Nest. Is it just me or does $3600 for 9 months of bus service seem like a lot? that's about $25 a day
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06.22.09, 09:14 AM Flag ]
- That doesn't seem like a lot to me. Think about the cost of the subway back and forth 2x plus the cost of a sitter to make the trips.
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  06.22.09, 09:18 AM Flag
- $25 sounds right to me for a private bus.
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  06.22.09, 09:20 AM Flag
  - ditto
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    06.22.09, 09:22 AM Flag
    - Tritto. Good deal.
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      06.22.09, 09:30 AM Flag
- holy moly. that's one expensive public education! thank god we are on the one bus route for my son's school... that price would have floored me!
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  06.22.09, 09:22 AM Flag
- you mean when there's no tuition? seems a bargain to me. there's always the free metrocard.
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  06.22.09, 09:23 AM Flag
  - well, I can't afford tuition otherwise I would have gone private. That metrocard is going to be the only way I can afford Nest!
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    06.22.09, 09:25 AM Flag
    - don't underestimate the power of a metrocard. besides, that way you don't have to hassle with the bus schedule. have a great school year.
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      06.22.09, 09:27 AM Flag
      - thank you!
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        06.22.09, 10:26 AM Flag
    - dc may qualify for a free metrocard or at least reduced fare depending on where you live. check the doe website.
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      06.22.09, 09:36 AM Flag
      - we get a metrocard and only travel four stops (different school). elementary gives them out like candy.
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        06.22.09, 09:38 AM Flag
- seems inexpensive actually.
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  06.22.09, 09:35 AM Flag
- glad to know this. The cost is what I expected.
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  06.22.09, 09:37 AM Flag
- Sounds exactly right. I think we paid $3400 for Emmanuel Transit last year (and that's PER child).
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  06.22.09, 09:37 AM Flag
- Seems like a steal considering the rest is free. Is this info on a website? I am trying to work out the details for our commute too. Where are you located? Thanks. \
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  06.22.09, 09:42 AM Flag
- think of it as the cost of 2 hrs of babysitting. the kids have a great time and make new friends.
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  06.22.09, 09:44 AM Flag
  - yuck. sitting in a stinky bus for 2 hours is not something i plan to make my dc do.
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    06.22.09, 09:58 AM Flag
    - you, madam, will no doubt have your private chauffered town car (Escalade? Suburban) do the work instead. The environment does not thank you.
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      06.22.09, 10:10 AM Flag
      - i, madam, walk my dc to school rather than send dc on a half-empty bus for two hours a day. the environment does thank me. you? not so much.
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        06.22.09, 10:13 AM Flag
      - meh, not like the buses are hybrids either. metrocard is the best solution.
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        06.22.09, 10:15 AM Flag

I checked into that private bus for Nest. Is it just me or does $3600 for 9 months of bus service seem like a lot? that's about $25 a day

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I checked into that private bus for Nest. Is it just me or does $3600 for 9 months of bus service seem like a lot? that's about $25 a day

That doesn't seem like a lot to me. Think about the cost of the subway back and forth 2x plus the cost of a sitter to make the trips.

$25 sounds right to me for a private bus.

ditto

Tritto. Good deal.

holy moly. that's one expensive public education! thank god we are on the one bus route for my son's school... that price would have floored me!

you mean when there's no tuition? seems a bargain to me. there's always the free metrocard.

well, I can't afford tuition otherwise I would have gone private. That metrocard is going to be the only way I can afford Nest!

don't underestimate the power of a metrocard. besides, that way you don't have to hassle with the bus schedule. have a great school year.

thank you!

dc may qualify for a free metrocard or at least reduced fare depending on where you live. check the doe website.

we get a metrocard and only travel four stops (different school). elementary gives them out like candy.

seems inexpensive actually.

glad to know this. The cost is what I expected.

Sounds exactly right. I think we paid $3400 for Emmanuel Transit last year (and that's PER child).

Seems like a steal considering the rest is free. Is this info on a website? I am trying to work out the details for our commute too. Where are you located? Thanks. \

think of it as the cost of 2 hrs of babysitting. the kids have a great time and make new friends.

yuck. sitting in a stinky bus for 2 hours is not something i plan to make my dc do.

you, madam, will no doubt have your private chauffered town car (Escalade? Suburban) do the work instead. The environment does not thank you.

i, madam, walk my dc to school rather than send dc on a half-empty bus for two hours a day. the environment does thank me. you? not so much.

meh, not like the buses are hybrids either. metrocard is the best solution.