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Ditching cars pays for these commuters

Published 1:30 am Saturday, June 3, 2017

By Herald Staff

Ditching cars pays for these commuters
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Ditching cars pays for these commuters
Lindsay Ward, of Lynnwood, was named Community Transit’s Smart Commuter of the Quarter for riding the bus and carpooling instead of driving alone for work and errands. She’s putting the savings on gas and other car-related bills to her mortgage. (Contributed photo)
Everett’s Mary Grassl was named Community Transit’s Curb the Congestion Champion of the Quarter for ditching the car and taking the bus instead. She saved enough her first year to take a trip to New York. (Contributed photo)

Community Transit recently honored two commuters involved in its programs that aim to reduce drive-alone traffic.

Lindsay Ward, of Lynnwood, was named the Smart Commuter of the Quarter. Ward has taken the bus or carpooled for both her commute and daily errands for more than 11 years. She works in Bothell. The savings is helping her pay off her mortgage by the end of this year, nearly 20 years early.

Mary Grassl, of Everett, was named the Curb the Congestion Champion of the Quarter. She decided to go car-free about a year ago. She takes the bus and walks to get to her job in Lynnwood and for errands. She saved stress, and about $1,200 — enough to take a four-day trip to New York City.

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