2021 Car Usage
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 2020 here, 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.
January 10/23/0
February 7/18/0
March 7/15/0
April 10/23/0
May 8/16/0 Trenton 1/1/1/2/0 DC 2/2/1/7/0
June 11/23/0 Bucks 1/1/1/4/0 camps 3/3/3/8/0
July 6/12/0 DC 1/3/2/7/0 camps 2/2/2/7/0
August 6/16/0 camps 2/2/2/7/0 OCNJ 1/7/10/33/3 Rehoboth
1/7/5/18/0
September 9/25/0 DC 1/1/1/2/0 NYC 1/1/0/0/0
October 14/34/0 OCNJ 1/1/1/4/0
November 13/31/3 Baltimore 1/1/0/0/0 Pittsburgh 1/1/1/7/0
December 13/35/1 CA 1/12/12/45/1 OCNJ 1/1/1/4/0
This was another COVID-influenced year, of course, the largest impact of which was far less business-related travel than usual. Who's to say what post-COVID normal will mean in that regard?
By the way, we're now up to about 45,000 miles on our singular family car, which is literally the same age as Asher (bought it our first full day back from picking him up, when he was about a week old). Which works out to less than 7,000 miles a year, a far cry from typical suburban families who might drive both cars 15,000 miles each for work and errands and/or have additional cars for kids and family outings. A reminder that city living is green living.
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