Families Cutting Costs > Ottawa > Transportation

Ages of members of your family, describe your home, enter postal code, income range (high, middle, lower).  Do not give AI any personal identification information.  No names, no addresses.

1. For each member of the family, describe typical use of vehicles and public transit each workday and then on weekends.  
2. Describe vehicles you own, year, model, type of fuel used, and how they are used.  
3. Describe any commuting to/from school and work, how you go to and from shopping, appointments,   

"Use the information I have submitted to estimate my family's costs for transportation for a year and suggest ways that we can reduce our costs."

Did AI give you a reasonable estimate for your costs for the year?  Did AI offer good suggestions on how to reduce costs?

If the estimates are not helpful, explain why, provide more information, such as your estimate of costs.  Are any suggestions "off the wall"?  Ask to explain or clarify.

1. Tell AI information on your vehicles.  For each, year, model, fuel used, miles driven per year, insurance coverage (deductibles), estimate of annual maintenance, annual fees for license and registration.  
2. Describe car payment: months and payment per month. 
3.  Instruct AI to tell you the total cost of ownership of each vehicles and suggest ways to reduce costs and other vehicles to consider that may have lower total costs of ownership.

1. For many families, the quickest ways to reduce transportation costs is to share rides, especially for daily trips , e.g, to and from school, work, activities, shopping.  
2. Describe any ride-sharing by your family members, Estimate the percent of your family's travel that uses ride shares.  Estimate use annually for ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft.  Describe use of public transit including buses, light rails, taxi's. 
3. Instruct AI to estimate your current savings from ride-sharing and suggest ways to further reduce costs by using more ride-sharing.

1. For many families, they use their vehicles only a small percentage of the time.  
2. Tell AI about how much of a 24 hour day your vehicles are typically used.  Describe your use of shared equipment, such as rental cars, by the hour, day, or week. 
3.  Instruct AI to estimate savings from your use of shared equipment and to suggest ways to further reduce costs by using more ride-sharing..

1. Tell AI your experience with electric vehicles and electric mobility -- bikes, scooters, motorcycles. 
2.  Describe your electric panel: does it have capacity for a 50 amp circuit for a Level 2 EV Charger?  Describe your home and driveway and garage.  Is there space for an EV charger. 
3.  Instruct AI to estimate your total costs of ownership for a gas vehicle vs. an electric vehicle.

1. Describe any solar, wind, or geothermal energy used in your home.  Describe your potential for solar energy production on site:  southern exposure on roof lines and/or for ground-mounted solar arrays.  
2. Instruct AI to estimate costs for installing alternative energy and payback period for any investments in alternative energy, based on replacing gasoline for your car.