Car ownership versus biking in Toronto: see what it costs you, and what it costs everyone else.
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Every car payment, insurance bill, and tank of gas has a quiet second price tag: what it costs the rest of us in congestion, road wear, collisions, and pollution. That’s the The Real Cost of Getting Around.
Drag the sliders to match your own car or bike situation and watch the lifetime totals and a cumulative-cost chart update. A second line shows what that driving or cycling costs (or contributes to) everyone else, based on published per-kilometre cost models for Toronto and Ontario.
I wanted to include individual health metrics, but everyone already knows that riding a bike is healthier than sitting idle in a car.
Created: October, 2026
Last updated: October, 2026