How Much Do You Pay to Commute?

Calculate Your Commuter Costs

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Congratulations on sharing your commute with other riders! We hope you are enjoying the benefits of your choice. The following information may help you decide to make further changes to your commuting lifestyle.

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Congratulations on commuting by alternative transportation! We hope you are enjoying the benefits of your choice (or choices). The following information may help you decide to make further changes to your commuting lifestyle.

Fuel & Parking Costs

How much do you pay for your commute to school or work? These are the results when only the costs of fuel & parking are considered.

 

Fuel & Parking Costs

These are your costs for fuel & parking. Fuel costs are assumed to be shared among all carpool participants.

 

Fuel & Parking Costs

You may have entered hypothetical or actual data. Based on your inputs, these would be your costs for fuel & parking.

 

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Related Costs

If you add in the related costs of car ownership, you get these more realistic figures. The figures use AAA’s estimate of the average cost per mile of driving 15,000 miles per year. The average cost per mile for a 2022 vehicle is estimated at 72 cents, and includes such items as fuel, maintenance, insurance, and depreciation. For details, see AAA’s 2022 brochure.

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions

For every gallon of regular gas your vehicle consumes, TerraPass.com estimates that 19.59 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) are emitted into the atmosphere. Based on your commuter mileage and your vehicle’s fuel efficiency, these are your vehicle’s CO2 emissions.

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Carbon Offset

TerraPass.com sets the value of carbon offsets for individuals and families at $7.99 for each 1000 pounds of CO2. Based on the size of your annual commuter carbon “footprint,” this is the value of your carbon offset.

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Now that you see the costs that accumulate with every commute you make in a single-person vehicle, you may want to consider alternatives. Membership in the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) gives you access to an array of programs that encourage less expensive travel. Consider the possibilities!

Discover the ways in which these commuting alternatives benefit you, the campus community, and the environment.

  • Rent bike lockers and clothes lockers
  • Shower for free at Robertson Gym or Physical Sciences North
  • Save on transportation costs
  • Help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution
  • Reduce stress
  • Get exercise while commuting
  • Ride a bus locally (Santa Barbara MTD), north to Buellton/Lompoc (Clean Air Express), or south to Ventura/Oxnard (Coastal Express)
  • UCSB staff & faculty, buy transit passes using pre-tax payroll deduction (you qualify if you are on a monthly or biweekly payroll for at least four more months)
  • UCSB students, affix a registration sticker to your student Access card and ride the MTD at no further cost (your registration fees help pay for the service)
  • Save yourself from the stress of traffic congestion
  • Save on the maintenance, insurance, and high fuel costs of your personal vehicle
  • Help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution
  • Qualify for a half-priced carpool discount permit (requires two or more staff, faculty, or graduate students UCSB-employed at 45% or more.)
  • Get help to form or enlarge a carpool from TrafficSolutions.info, Zimride.com/UCSB, and/or Carma.com
  • Help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution
  • UCSB staff & faculty, buy transit passes using pre-tax payroll deduction (you qualify if you are on a monthly or biweekly payroll for at least four more months)
  • Join existing vanpools (service to & from Santa Maria, Lompoc, Buellton, Solvang, Ventura, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks)
  • Travel local, free, and 100% on your own
  • Save on transportation costs
  • Help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution
  • Reduce stress
  • Get exercise while commuting