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It's very non-uniform though. My 10-year-old car has 30k miles on it; at 40mpg and $3.50/gal gas, that's about $260/year on gas. That's because I lived 2 miles from work and biked in during the summer while I was at Google, and I've been working from home while I'm at my startup.

A lot of FANG employees pay nothing for transportation because they take the shuttle and don't have a car.

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If they live in a place with walking access to a shuttle (and enough walking distance amenities that they don't need a car), they're paying a lot in rent.

I wager you're paying more for car insurance than you spend on gas - car insurance is more expensive in the Bay Area than the rest of the country.

The price of gas certainly affects the contingent workers (guards, cooks, cleaners) whose work schedules don't line up with the shuttles.

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