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Most
people assume that the only cost associated with their daily
commute is the cost of a tank of gas. The PTC includes the
following in calculating this cost which varies depending
on current gas prices.
- Gasoline,
Depreciation and Maintenance
That's
it. No insurance, car payment, beautification treatments
or other fixed costs on your vehicle are included.
To reach
this cost, we make the assumption that you are driving a
car that gets average gas mileage (about 24 mpg on the highway),
and that is worth close to the average value of a car (in
the neighborhood of $12,000 - $15,000). If your car falls
on either end of this spectrum, you will need to do some
subjective adjustments to get a more reasonable number for
your commute. That means that you Sport Utility Vehicle
owners out there are paying quite a bit more to drive than
those of you in Honda Accords.
Anyway,
check out the table below, find your commute, and see what
it is costing you each month. Then look at the columns to
the right of your Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) cost and
compare what it would be costing you if you let the PTC
help you find a better Way to Work.
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| You
Commute to the Central Perimeter From…. |
And
Your Daily Commute is About… |
Your
Monthly Cost for Each Mode of Transportation Is……
|
|
City
|
#
of miles |
SOV
Operating Cost |
Carpool
Cost (2 people) |
Vanpool
Cost
|
MARTA
/CCT Cost
|
Bicycle
Cost |
| Dunwoody,
Chamblee or Sandy Springs |
8 |
63.36 |
31.68 |
63.73 |
n/a
|
n/a |
| Alpharetta
|
38 |
$300.96 |
$150.48 |
$69.00 |
$49.88 |
n/a |
| Buckhead
|
16 |
$126.72 |
$63.36 |
$65.00 |
$49.88 |
$17.50
|
| Dunwoody,
Chamblee, or Sandy Springs |
8
|
$42.24 |
$21.12
|
$57.00
|
$38.35
|
$8.80 |
College
Park/
East Point |
45 |
$237.60
|
$118.80
|
$67.00
|
$38.25
|
$43.75 |
| Cumming
|
48 |
$253.44 |
$126.72
|
$67.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Decatur
(South of I-20) |
34 |
$179.52 |
$89.76
|
$64.00 |
$38.25
|
n/a |
| Douglasville
|
75 |
$396.00 |
$198.00 |
$80.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Duluth
|
30 |
$158.40 |
$79.20 |
$64.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Fayetteville
|
70 |
$369.60 |
$184.80 |
$74.00 |
$150.50 |
n/a |
| Lawrenceville
|
40 |
$211.20 |
$105.60 |
$67.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Marietta
(East Cobb) |
16 |
$84.48 |
$42.24 |
$57.00 |
$45.00 |
$17.50 |
Midtown/
VA Highlands |
17 |
$89.76 |
$44.88 |
$57.00 |
$38.25 |
$44.85 |
| Norcross/Doraville
|
18 |
$95.04 |
$47.52 |
$57.00 |
$38.25 |
$19.80 |
| Roswell
|
28 |
$147.84 |
$73.92 |
$64.00 |
$38.25 |
n/a |
| Smyrna
(Vinings) |
13 |
$68.64 |
$34.32 |
$57.00 |
$45.00 |
$14.30 |
| Stone
Mountain |
36 |
$190.08 |
$95.04 |
$64.00 |
$38.25 |
n/a |
Suwannee/
Sugar Hill |
46 |
$242.88 |
$121.44 |
$67.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
NOTE:
see the bottom of this page for
details on these calculations. We attempt to keep this
data current but with the volatility of gas prices, we
cannot guarantee that data is up-to-date.
| Of
course, these numbers only take into account operational
costs of driving to the Central Perimeter each day.
They don't include your monthly car loan payment,
monthly insurance bill, or the cost of washing and
waxing the finish. Perhaps most telling, though,
it doesn't include your time lost in traffic- when
you could have been doing something else. For a
truly sobering picture of what your commute costs
you, try the following calculation yourself.
Add
the following:
Your
SOV Operational Cost
of Commuting (from above table) $____________
Your monthly car loan payment $_____________
Your monthly car insurance payment $___________
(1/3 Hourly Pay Rate) x
(#hours in traffic per day) x (22 days)* $____________
This
is your total cost of
commuting by SOV each month: $__________________
|
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*
The PTC made the following assumptions in calculating
this table:
