Taking a Taxi to work

Living in one of Australia's major cities means there are many, many ways you can get to work. Regardless of the volume of travel, there has never been a better moment to be a commuter: you can go for a trip, take a taxi, get a berth, cycle or hop on a rail.

So, if you have chosen to show off regularly, here is a break-down of the costs of travel to and from work in a taxi, cab and over. In order to calculate the costs of commute five times a day a week, we have chosen three haphazard journeys in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, which were around six to seven kilometres long.

At Sydney the Hall Street itinerary is Bondi to Reservoir Street, Surry Hills, while at Melbourne Chapel Street, Prahan to Collins Street, Melbourne, and then at Brisbane, we will take you from the Ekibin Road, Annerley to Victoria Bridge, South Brisbane. Of course, your own rates differ according to vehicle type and driving time, but when you begin to consider whether it's wise to take an over twice a day, the talk begins.

Annual running costs for driving the street in the Luke are approximately AUD 158.34 in New South Wales, AUD 151.61 in Victoria and AUD 160.26 in Queensland. Those figures come from the National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA) computer, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) and the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ).

When you work in downtown Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, you may have a great top-secret parking lot and get out of the forks of large sums, but if you don't, it's disastrously expensive and you'll probably have to do without food on Tuesday. RACQ found that off-street charges were higher in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in 2015 than in any other town in Australia.

81 in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. You could also do without the awful park fees and order a taxi. Whilst the basic prices for cabs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane look neat, it is the waiting period when you are secured in transport that will convince you.

At Sydney you spend AUD 0.94 per minutes just sitting around, which can be a few dollars if you get busted at all the stoplights along the way. Surcharge costs would amount to a min. of A$17. 39, according to the state government's taxi tariffs, but could rise to at least A$24. 35, according to the Privat Taxi Tariff Calculator.

At Melbourne, according to Viktorian Cab Tariffs, the trip could be as cheap as A$14.91, but you could be paying $0.57 per min in wait. That means the costs could reach a high of $20. 78, according to the taxi rate calculator. Last but not least, the Brisbane tariff would be A$16.57 according to the Queensland government's price standard.

Taxitoll Calculator says the ticket price could get as high as $23. 21 if you pay $0. 82 per min in wait. If you choose the worst-case scenarios - and it could become even more expensive on horrific nights - the journey to and from work every working day in a taxi would be as follows: "The worst-case scenarios are the following:

Whilst the carpool in Melbourne or Brisbane is not yet legally available, this does not seem to stop the local people from boarding. At the end of 2015 it was settled in Sydney. Being in Melbourne or Brisbane is also a great way to be an over-seer. Uber began testing a 20% cut in UberX tariffs in Brisbane on 18 February.

In contrast to taxi cabs, over tariffs are not fixed by the regional governments and the business can increase or decrease them at any time. For example, in June last year the firm reduced its rates for the winters by 10%, although it increased them by 10% in August 2015 after the fiscal authorities decided that the firm should be liable to the 10% goods and service taxes.

With Uber's willing ticket valuer taking a ÜberX home at 18.30, Thursday would be the following: Sydney, A$17-A$23, Melbourne, $14-19, and Brisbane, A$11-A$15. In order to be reasonable towards taxi drivers, we have used the top end of the price estimation in each municipality to determine the costs of commute five times a week:

Sydney is probably the best place to continue unless you need to go to park. When you choose between a Uber and a taxi, you are saving about A$13 per weekly if you use carpooling. Melbourne's location is similar, so for the record, you better be hoping that your place of work has free outside car-parks.

Motorists who don't have a vehicle or hate it saves you over AUD 20 per weeks in comparison to calling a taxi. But in Brisbane it is much less expensive to get a Uber than to drive. As long as the collective agreement is valid, of course.