Forcing people to WFH will just decimate electric/clean transit systems and encourage them to sprawl out, which will actually increase driving and unsustainable development long-term. Let fuel prices rise to $5/gal. Let people make their own more efficient choices. Maybe people wouldn’t be buying 15 mpg pickups to drive to the grocery store if gas were priced in accordance with its ecological effects.
Forcing people to work from home to keep gas prices low to enable the sprawl/consumption economy is illogical.