Your Cost of Driving vs. Riding DART
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It's up to each of us to take responsibility for the air we breathe.
On 8.4.21, North Texans will join in by doing at least one extra thing for clean air. Clean Air Action Day is the day to incorporate a clean air strategy when traveling to work, making Friday night plans, getting the weekend started early with a trip to the lake or in another way.
To sustain momentum:

To sustain momentum:
- Remember clean air choices and incorporate them in your routine as often as possible.
- Travel smarter with the help of transportation resources.
- Know the current air quality index and health effects of high concentrations of ozone in the air.
- Sign up for Clean Air Mail, a monthly e-newsletter with air quality news and tips.
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** Estimate provided by the AAA publication, Your Driving Costs, updated by AAA every spring. In coming up with the estimate of 61.88 cents above, AAA figures in average fuel, routine maintenance, tires, insurance, license and registration, loan finance charges and depreciation costs for an automobile that is driven 15,000 miles per year. Excludes loan payment. Fuel costs were based on average prices for the 12 months ending May 31, 2019 of $2.679 per gallon. This estimate is provided by AAA.
Your estimated monthly cost of driving calculation does not include the average fuel price of $2.679 per gallon provided by AAA in order to allow for a current gas price calculation to be performed.
[61.88¢ - 11.60¢ = 50.28¢. For the purposes of this estimate, number used for adjusted average cost per-mile is 50¢. Please see page 8-9 of 2019 Your Driving Costs PDF for more information about the AAA estimate.]
AAA has been conducting this annual analysis since 1950. That year, driving a car 10,000 miles annually cost 9 cents a mile, and gasoline sold for 27 cents per gallon.