Why public transportation doesn't pay

• 25 minutes: How much earlier I had to wake up to catch the Gold Line shuttle to med school campus.
• $2.00: Cost of the Metrolink ticket for the ride home, since I wasn't about to wait another 15 minutes for the return shuttle.
• $10.00: Cost of the parking ticket since I had left my car on the street on the Last Tuesday of the month (street cleaning).

The alternative: $2.50 to feed the parking meter somewhere in Central West End. I can't wait till I get my bike back.