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Your Cost of Driving vs. Riding DART

How much do you pay to commute? Calculate your commuter costs and see how much you can save if you ride DART.

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Do your Share for Cleaner Air
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DART Savings Calculator

What does it cost to drive to work? Your drive-alone commute can be costly. Figuring out how much it costs to drive your own car entails more than the cost of fuel—maintenance, insurance, and other expenses all factor in. Our convenient driving cost calculator can give you an accurate estimate of your monthly and yearly costs. Compare the results with what it would cost you to ride DART and save money. All you have to do is enter your daily commute distance, the number of days you work each month, your vehicle's miles per gallon, the gas price at the pump, and parking fees (if any).

Not only would you save money, but you would also reduce your environmental footprint.

Do your share for cleaner air

Since an estimated 55 percent of air pollution in North Texas is caused by emissions from vehicles such as cars and trucks, the most important thing any North Texan can do to improve air quality is to drive less.

Riding DART can save you money and help you do your share for cleaner air.

Use this form to determine monthly cost of driving

Composite national average cost per-mile

61.88 cents

Enter your daily round trip commute distance from home to work (in miles)

Enter the number of days worked each month

Enter the average miles per gallon for your automobile

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Your Monthly Cost of Commuting

Your Monthly Cost of driving

Cost of a DART Local Monthly Pass:

$96.00

Difference between your monthly cost of driving and the cost of a DART Local Monthly Pass:

^{North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) has an extensive network of toll roads}

Fare Information

A $96 Local Monthly Pass or a $960 Local Annual Pass includes all DART buses, DART Rail, GoLink and service on the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) between EBJ Union Station and CentrePort/DFW Airport Station.
A $192 Regional Monthly Pass or a $1,920 Regional Annual Pass includes all DART buses, DART Rail, GoLink, all TRE service plus Trinity Metro in Fort Worth and DCTA in Denton County.

Participating employers get discounted rates for their employees with

Being Responsible

It's up to each of us to take responsibility for the air we breathe.
On 8.3.22, 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, and getting the weekend started early with a trip to the lake or in another way.

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 ozone concentrations in the air.
Sign up for Clean Air Mail, a monthly e-newsletter with air quality news and tips.

Additional DART Information:

Air Quality Resource Links:

^{ 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, the number used for adjusted average cost per mile is 50¢. Please see pages 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.}

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