A new study from ULI details the transportation costs for households around the San Francisco Bay Area, and finds that SFers spend on average $500 less each month than suburban dwellers in the area.
The study was prepared by the Center for Neighborhood Technology in Chicago for the Urban Land Institute.
"In San Francisco, for instance, a household with the median city income of $66,523 has estimated monthly transportation costs of $792. In nearby cities the monthly estimate remains in triple digits, such as Berkeley ($858) or Sausalito ($885).
For families in more distant automobile-reliant suburbs, though, the monthly transportation costs spike. The estimate for Antioch is $1,311, for instance, while in Livermore it's $1,281. Cities with little connection to transit also suffer - such as Pacifica, where a household's monthly transportation is estimated to cost $1,246."
FULL STORY: S.F. transportation costs lower than in suburbs

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