Gas Prices Fuel Telework

							   Gas Prices Fuel Telework

Impact of Rising Gas Prices on Federal
               Commuters


            May 9, 2006

         Telework Exchange
                                                               Commuter Woes – Cost of
                                                               Commuting 5 Days Vs. 3 Days


                                       Commute 5 Days A Week
                          $250
Commuters in One Month
Average Cost in Gas for




                                       Telework 2 Days A Week
                                                                                      $231.34/month


                          $200
                                                                     $185.07/month



                          $150
                                                   $138.80/month                               $138.80/month

                                                                            $111.04/month
                                 $92.56/month
                                                          $83.28/month
                          $100
                                        $55.52/month



                            $0                     $3.00/            $4.00/            $5.00/
                                 $2.00/
                                 gallon            gallon            gallon            gallon
                                                Gasoline Price Impact
                                                                      Telework Fuels Savings
                                  Full-time five-day a week teleworkers,
                               on average, save $138.801 a month on gas.
                             What can you do with this savings in one year?
   Spend…                                                                 Get Smart…
           Purchase Season Tickets to Washington                           Take six credits at local university5
           Nationals Games and buy 23 baseball hats
                                                                           Buy 26 reference books and the World Book
           Buy 1,281 cups of Starbucks coffee2                             Encyclopedia 2006 Edition to train for Jeopardy
           Download 1,681 iPOD tunes3                                      166 bottles of Vitamin B tablets (to improve
           Upgrade your home office                                        memory)6

    Spring Clean…                                                         And Beyond...
           Hire maid service twice a month                                 Provide 4,995 dinners to needy families7
           Purchase a lawn mower and pay                                   Buy 333 teddy bears and donate to
           neighborhood kid to mow grass once a                            children’s hospital8
           month4                                                          Donate to your local charity

1Based  on $3.00 a gallon
2Average  coffee price at $1.30
3iTunes cost $.99 each
4Average minimum wage in Washington, D.C. (2 hours) and Lawn Mower Cost
52006 in-state tuition rates at George Mason University
6100 tablets of Nature Made Super B-Complex
7Capital Area Food Bank projections
8Average toy costs $5.00