In 2011 whenever I had an active unlimited Metrocard I wrote down daily the number of times I used that card for 30 days straight. I wanted to see exactly how much I was saving (or costing me) by buying an unlimited over the traditional pay-per-ride card. After a year of logging this information, this was what I got:
In 2011:
- Bought 8 unlimited Metrocards costing a total of $832 (No unlimited card in Feb, Mar, Apr and Dec)
- Took 579 trips using those 8 cards
- Average rides: 2.4 per day or 72.4 per month
- Average cost per ride: $1.43
- Savings (compared to a $20 pay-per-ride card with 7% bonus): $0.78
- Most rides in one day: 7
- Number of days with no rides: 24
So in the long run I'm saving a little bit over the regular pay-per-ride cards. $0.78 doesn't seem much, but over 579 trips, that's a lot! Of course if I knew I didn't have an unlimited card, I wouldn't be making all those trips (one time I took the 6 train for just one stop to buy lunch!) and the total number of trips would be lower.
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