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Traffic |
More TeleCommuting jobs reduces traffic congestion. No road construction initiative in the world can provide more space for cars on the road...as fast...as quietly...as cleanly...as cheaply. The same day another TeleCommuter goes to work, there's a car off the road in rush hour. In 2004 there were over 12 million TeleCommuter cars off the road in rush hour. Incentives to hire more can divert millions more off the road.
Source: Telework America research survey |
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Roads |
More TeleCommuting jobs saves road construction and maintenance costs. The public's taxes now going to road-building take years to add more room for traffic. 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. A portion of those taxes invested in diverting cars to the Virtual Highway can provide almost immediate relief.
Source: USGAO Trends in Federal and State Capital Investment in Highways |
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Jobseeker |
More TeleCommuting jobs incentives will be funded by TeleCommuters themselves. As a TeleCommuter, I will pass on the transportation savings realized by being able to TeleCommute as a reduction in my wages as part of an incentive for employers to hire me. |
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Employer |
More TeleCommuting jobs incentives will be funded by employers themselves. As an employer, I will consider the overhead and office space savings realized by hiring TeleCommuters as part of an incentive to hire more of them. |
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Driver |
More TeleCommuting jobs incentives makes it easier on those of us who have to drive. I don't have a job I can TeleCommute to, so I have to drive to work. But I would definitely like to see more TeleCommuters hired to help get some much-needed traffic relief. |
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It Works |
More TeleCommuting jobs incentives are already being offered by Georgia, Oregon, Virginia and King County, Seattle. Why not other cities, states or the U.S. government? Georgia Teleworking Tax Credit provides $20,000 credit for a telework assessment, and a $1,200 per employee credit for teleworkers. Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit Program gives incentives for Projects that reduce employee commuting.Telework!Va offers employers up to $35,000 to start or expand a formal telework program. King County, Seattle rewards organizations up to $5,000 for implementing a telework policy.
Sources: Georgia General Assembly, Oregon Department of Energy, Telework!Va,, Commuter Challenge |
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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, Surface Transportation Policy Project, US News.com, Institute for Analysis of Global Security, US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, The Dieringer Research Group |
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More TeleCommuting jobs reduces polluted lungs and global warming. 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, USEPA |
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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 |
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More TeleCommuting jobs helps businesses big and small succeed – and even continue operation in a disaster.
IBM eliminated 22 million square feet of office space....resulting in 70 million dollars in real estate savings. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona cut $27,000 from its budget in decreased rent and other workplace costs.
Having a sufficient number of TeleCommuting employees allows business operations to continue during a storm, a transit strike, a toxic spill, an earthquake, a tornado, a hurricane, a flue epidemic or even a terrorist action.
Sources: Stanford University's Computer Science Education, The Cincinatti Enquirer, Telework/Business Continuity Project |
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