Daily commuting takes a toll on drivers’ health, vehicles and wallets, as well as impacting the environment. And as gas prices rise and the threat of global warming is becoming a greater concern, the cost of driving has never been higher.

Did you know?

• Driving a private car is a typical citizen's most "polluting" daily activity. National Safety Council

• Approximately 18% of American families’ household spending was on transportation, making it the second largest household expenditure after housing. texastransit.org
  

Riding the bus is 170 times safer
                            than automobile travel.

• Drivers spend more than 100 hours a year commuting to work – 25% more than many workers’ spend away from the office on vacation (80 hours). “Driving Ourselves Sick,” an article in Sonoma Medicine

• Almost half of the time spent commuting is spent stuck in traffic. ). “Driving Ourselves Sick,” an article in Sonoma Medicine

• A single gallon of gasoline produces 19.4 pounds of carbon dioxide – a “greenhouse gas” that contributes to global warming. EPA emissions report

• Hydrocarbon emissions react in the presence of nitrogen oxides and sunlight to form ground-level ozone, our most widespread and intractable urban air pollution problem. EPA emissions report

• In the past year, average gas prices in Texas have increased by more than 26%. May 2007 report by the Energy Information Administration