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[quote=Anonymous]We're a family of 5 (three elementary aged kids) in NW DC. 
We have one car (minivan). 
Spouse 1 works from home and uses van to tote kids back and forth to sports practices, neighborhood school (some days they walk) etc. 
Spouse 2 bikes to work downtown and uses Car-to-go on very rare occasions (snow, heavy rain, etc).

We have 2 kids in travel sports so our weekends are spent going to various games both inside and outside of the city.  Some times it works that things are back-to-back and we split 
the use of the van. 
Other weekends one parent will Uber to any games outside of the city (let's say in Fairfax) or use Car-to-go to a game within the city.  Our older two kids are old enough that 
we're fine with them riding in the front of a Car-to-go for short trips in the city.  Also, Car-to-go recently added Mercedes wagons to their fleet of cars and these have back-seats. 
Some seasons there is also a week-night practice conflict so about one night per week one of us has to use a Car-to-go to take/pick up a kid from practice. 
We also car-pool and ride share kids extensively so we're not driving everyday but when we do drive we always have 2 or even up to 4 other kids with us.

So that all said we probably spend $100 a month on transportation (Uber and Car-to-go) during the 6 months of the year that the kids have sports 6 days per week and basically $0 a month the other 6 months. 
For us, this is MUCH cheaper but more importantly, much easier than the hassle of owning a second car.   
It works for now and has for the past 3 years.  If things change we'll buy a second vehicle[/quote]

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