Commute Calculator

We all know that early morning roads are full of vehicles. In the US, 85% of workers use car to commute to their workplace daily and only 10% of them choose to carpool process to lower the driving costs.

The simple commute cost formula to find how much you spend on commuting every month is here:

cost = days * gas + parking and toll fee + wear and tear

Where,

• days is the number of days you commute on car every month.
• gas is the cost of the fuel
• distance is the distance to your workplace (one-way)
• fuel price is how much you have to pay for one gallon of gas
• MPG is the fuel consumption of your car
• wear and tear is the maintenance cost
• parking and toll fee is the monthly costs of parking your car

By knowing all these parameters, one can easily find the commute cost. You have to substitute all the values in the formula to obtain the cost of commute. Actually, the result is the estimation of how much you spend every month to go to the workplace.

Is Carpooling Lowers Driving Cost?

In general, the cost of commuting to the workplace on your own vehicle is more than the carpooling. The major advantages of carpooling is lowering the driving costs. But the drive time will increase by a few minutes, but it is worth your effort.

Carpooling not only saves your money, but also decreases the number of vehicles on the roads, thus reduces the pollution and traffic jams.

Commute Cost Using Public Transportation

Our Commute Calculator also determines the commute cost by public transport i.e bus or train. You just need to know the ticket price and number of days it is valid. So that you have to find the ticket cost per single day to know the monthly travelling expenses on public transport. When compared with car or two-wheeler or carpooling, public transportation is cheap.

FAQs on Commute Calculator

1. What are the different costs of commuting by car to work?

The multiple costs of commuting by car are a number of people sharing the ride, fuel economy, gas price, parking and toll costs, wear and tear costs.

2. Is a shorter commute worth more money?

On an average 35% of Americans would take a pay cut in exchange for a shorter commute.

3. How can I save money commuting to work?

• Avoid left turns, which leads to the wastage of gas
• Maintain your car properly
• Reduce weight in the car
• Avoid peak traffic hours
• If both spouses drive to work in separate cars, use the more fuel efficient one for the
• longest commute.

4. How to Use Commute Cost Calculator?

Give the input details such as the one way distance to workplace, number of times you travel in a month, ticket price, number of days ticket is valid for public transportation, and car maintenance costs, gas price, fuel economy and number of people sharing a ride for commuting by car. And hit the calculate button to get the total costs for both car and public transport.