Car Usage Blog

 

 This is the 12th year I have tracked car usage, so I think it's safe to say this has become a habit. As has the nerdy tracking and graphing of it in Microsoft Excel. (You can check out 2019 here, 2018 here, 2017 here, 2016 here, 2015 here, 2014 here, 2013 here, 2012 here, 2011 here, 2010 here, and 2009 here.)

As before, the Philly totals represent, in order, number of trips, number of legs represented in those trips (i.e. going to and from my in-laws, making one stop to get gas, counts as three legs), and number of legs in which I was driven (rather than driving).
 
The other city totals represent, in order, number of times I was in that location, number of days I was in that location, number of trips, number of legs represented in those trips, and number of legs in which I was driven. 

Jan 14/36/0 Cheyney 1/1/1/2/0 Miami 1/4/0/0/4 Madison 1/1/1/6/0
Feb 11/34/1 Tredyffrin/Wayne/Trenton 1/1/1/5/0 Pittsburgh 1/2/2/14/0 Bucks 2/2/2/8/0
Mar 18/45/2 Baltimore 1/1/0/0/1
Apr 22/62/2
May 20/52/0
Jun 20/63/0 Allentown 1/2
Jul 14/32/0
Aug 3/8/0 Rehoboth 1/15/5/13/2
Sep 7/17/0
Oct 8/18/0
Nov 8/18/0
Dec 7/17/0 Hershey 1/2/2/7/0

So my Philly total is 152 trips involving 402 legs, plus another 5 legs in which I was driven.  So that works out to about 13 car trips and 34 legs a month.  

The big numbers during the first few months of the pandemic reflect the fact that I drove Asher to back-up day care every weekday, while the small numbers after that reflect the fact that we were able to get Asher back to the preschool near our house (and that there was less and less to do that involved driving).

The number of trips and legs ended up being in the ballpark of previous years, strangely enough, but the mileage was way down: probably closer to 4,000-5,000 miles rather than 7,000-8,000.  We're hoping this summer brings a return to sleep-away camps and road trips, which will put us back to normal mileage levels.