Metro Atlanta commuters spend more on gas each year than anyone else in the country—an average of $5,772 per household. (Sperling’s Best Places, “Pain at the Pump,” May 2006)
According to the Texas Transportation Institute’s Urban Mobility 2009 study, the average metro Atlanta commuter wastes an average of 57 hours a year stuck in traffic.
- The 57 wasted hours are in addition to “normal” commuting time.
- This gridlock costs Atlanta commuters almost $3 billion in time and fuel—roughly $1,257 per commuter, per year.

With an average commute distance of 39.4 miles in metro Atlanta, individuals that commute alone spend approximately $21 per day, $468 per month for their transportation to and from the office. (Based on AAA's 2009 national average cost per mile of 54.0 cents per mile for operating and ownership costs, when a vehicle is driven 15,000 miles/year.)
Every additional 30 minutes a person spends in a car translates into a three percent greater chance of being obese. (American Journal of Preventive Medicine, "Obesity Relationships with Community Design, Physical Activity, and Time Spent in Cars.”)

Of all metro Atlanta commute trips in a week, 84 percent are driven alone, and the average one-way travel time for metro Atlanta commuters is 35.9 minutes. (2007 Regional Commuter Survey, Center for Transportation and the Environment on behalf of Georgia Dept. of Transportation)
A study released in 2006 shows that metro Atlanta is one of only four metro areas where carpooling increased between 1990 and 2000. (Commuting in America III, Transportation Research Board, 2006)

Nearly half a million metro Atlantans telework on at least an occasional basis. Of those, 297,000 telework at least one day a week. (2007 Regional Commuter Survey, Center for Transportation and the Environment on behalf of Georgia Dept. of Transportation)
Roughly eight percent of American workers have an employer that allows them to telework one day per month. (Source: Telework Trendlines for 2006, WorldatWork)