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Traffic	More TeleCommuting jobs reduces traffic congestion. In 2004 there were over 12 million TeleCommuter cars off the road in rush hour. Incentives to hire more can keep millions more off the road. Source: Telework America research survey http://www.workingfromanywhere.org ITAC, through research conducted by The Dieringer Research Group, found that the number of people who telecommute, or work at home, during normal business hours almost every day was 12.4 million in 2004.
Roads	More TeleCommuting jobs saves road construction and maintenance costs. The Federal Highway Administration estimates that the nation will need to spend about $76 billion each year to maintain the average conditions and performance of the nation's highways and bridges, and about $107 billion to efficiently improve the highway system. Source: US GAO Trends in Federal and State Capital Investment in Highways http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/summary.php?rptno=GAO-03-744R&accno=A071734R&accno=A07173
It Works	Georgia, Oregon, Virginia and King County, Seattle TeleCommuting incentives. Sources: Georgia Teleworking Tax Credit http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/fulltext/hb194.htm The law provides $20,000 credit for a telework assessment, and a $1,200 per employee credit for teleworkers that meet a certain threshold of time teleworking for the years 2008 and 2009 during which time the Department of Revenue will review the program's success. Oregon Department of Energy http://egov.oregon.gov/ENERGY/TRANS/transhm.shtml Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit Program for Projects that reduce employee commuting. Employers who adopt telecommuting are eligible to apply for Oregon´s Business Energy Tax Credit. Also, to encourage the reduction of vehicle commute miles, employers may provide financial incentives to an employee to telecommute. Telework!Va http://www.teleworkva.org/default.asp Telework!Va offers employers incentives to start or expand a formal telework program. Companies can receive as much as $3,500 per employee (for up to ten employees) to establish a telecommuting link, lease home office equipment or pay for office space at a convenient telework center. King County, Seattle http://www.commuterchallenge.org/grants.html#telework King County will reward organizations up to $5,000 for implementing a telework policy.
Oil	More TeleCommuting jobs parks more cars, reducing energy waste, foreign oil dependence and even terrorist funding. Cars guzzle over 136 billion gallons of gasoline yearly. 60% of our oil is imported – we spend over $100,000 per minute to purchase foreign oil, some of it being funneled to terrorists. Present full-time TeleCommuters alone now save approximately 4,439 million gallons per year. Sources: US DOE, Energy Information Administration, GASOLINE REFINED FROM OIL http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/gasoline.html#fromoil Americans use about 375 million gallons of gasoline every day. (375,000,000 gallons per day x 365 days=136,875,000,000 gallons of gasoline per year.) Only about 40 percent of the crude oil used by U.S. refineries is produced in the U.S. and the rest is imported from other countries. http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/consumption.html Total petroleum consumption is projected to grow from 20.8 million barrels per day in 2004 to 26.1 million barrels per day in 2025 Surface Transportation Policy Project, TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.transact.org/search_results.asp?SearchString=yearly+auto+gasoline+use&search1=Search We spend over $100,000 per minute to purchase foreign oil. US News.com, How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network. The result of a five-month investigation by U.S. News. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/031215/15terror.htm Institute for Analysis of Global Security, Fueling Terror. It is no coincidence that so much of the cash filling terrorists' coffers come from the oil monarchies in the Persian Gulf. http://www.iags.org/fuelingterror.html US Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://www.bts.gov/publications/transportation_statistics_annual_report/2003/html/appendix_b/table_027.html TABLE 27 Average Trip Distance by Purpose: 2001 To/from work 12 total, average travel to and from wrk miles per day = 24 2004 American Interactive Consumer Survey conducted by The Dieringer Research Group http://www.workingfromanywhere.org/news/pr090204.htm Americans who performed any kind of work from home, from 1 day a year to full time - 44.4 million with 16.5 million self employed teleworkers. TeleCommuter gas savings: 24 mi/22mpg=1.09 gal per day x 247=269 gal per year x 16.5 million TeleCommuters=4,439 million gallons per year.
Pollution	More TeleCommuting jobs reduces polluted lungs and greenhouse gases. Auto exhaust is a known cause of health problems. Reduce high-emission rush hour traffic and reduce health problems, health costs and global warming. Sources: National Air Quality Index, http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=health2.smog1#3 How might ozone affect my health? Ozone can irritate the respiratory system. Ozone can reduce lung function. Ozone can aggravate asthma. Ozone can inflame and damage the lining of the lung. USEPA Global Warming - Emissions http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/EmissionsIndividualOntheRoad.html About 2,300 pounds of carbon equivalent per person are released to the atmosphere through our use of personal transportation every year. And, in fact, our emissions in this area are increasing. Over the same period, the average vehicle miles traveled per person has increased by 33%. Together, these two trends have increased our greenhouse gas emissions from personal travel.
Kids	More TeleCommuting jobs reduces the number of kids without parents at home. In a majority of families, both parents work outside of the home and three out of every 4 mothers of children under age 6 are in the labor force. Source: US Department of Labor - Work and family, http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/history/herman/reports/futurework/report/chapter3/main.htm The proportion of working mothers with children under six rose even faster than the proportion of all women in the workforce. In 1998, almost three out of four women with children were in the workforce.
Business	More TeleCommuting jobs helps businesses big and small succeed – and even continue operation in a disaster. Sources: Stanford University's Computer Science Education (CSE), Corporate real estate costs are cut dramatically. http://cse.stanford.edu/class/cs201/projects-97-98/changing-nature-of-work/telecom.html IBM eliminated 22 million square feet of office space....resulting in 70 million dollars in real estate savings. The Cincinnati Enquirer, Telecommuting gains as way to trim costs. http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/07/21/biz_wwwbiz1tele21.html Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona cut $27,000 from its budget in decreased rent and other workplace costs. Telework/Business Continuity Project http://www.workingfromanywhere.org/telework/twaresearch.htm Having a sufficient number of TeleCommuting employees allows business operations to continue during disasters. A storm, a transit strike, a toxic spill, an earthquake, a tornado, a hurricane, a flue epidemic or even a terrorist action can mean the difference between business success and failure. Public switched network technologies are very robust and resilient to catastrophic impacts of disasters. When those systems do fail they are usually the first infrastructure restored.
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