r/carfreebayarea

The average new car price is now around $49,000 in the U.S. and honestly… how is that normal?

That’s just the purchase price too. Once you factor in interest, insurance, maintenance, and everything else, the real monthly cost gets way higher than people expect.

Are people still buying new at these prices, or just finding ways to work around it?

"The state-required financial efficiency review report, released Friday, credits the operating cost savings to temporary service reductions, wage and hiring freezes and scaling back or deferring new projects. For BART, that meant $516 million in savings, for SFMTA, nearly $300 million, for AC transit, $200 million and for Caltrain, $76 million."

hii im trying to get from redwood city (by the caltrain) to the union city kaiser office for an internship, i dont have a car and the commute one way is ~2 hours long :(( ive tried posting on the facebook rideshare groups and the scoop app but there has been no success with that :/ is there an easier way to get to union city or other apps to find someone to drive with? any advice is helpful, thank you so much!