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jpak

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Wed Jun-13-07 03:23 PM
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More Commuters Driving to Work Alone

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2007/jun/13/061304240.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - More people than ever are driving alone to work as the nation's commuters balk at carpools and mass transit.

Regardless of fuel prices, housing and work patterns make it hard for suburban commuters to change their gas-guzzling ways.

From 2000 to 2005, the share of people driving alone to work increased slightly to 77 percent, according to a Census Bureau report Wednesday. Carpooling dropped and the share of commuters using public transportation stayed the same.

More recent statistics - through March - show that few drivers are cutting back despite gasoline prices topping $3 a gallon.

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demnan

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Wed Jun-13-07 03:43 PM
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1. That's because you never know when unexpected overtime

will be required of you. I know about this. Also, when a company offers you free parking, and you take mass transit, they can take that benefit away, so if you have a doctor visit or something you won't have it.

They've got you either way.

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ixion

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Wed Jun-13-07 04:26 PM
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2. well, you know, if more businesses would be open to telecommuting

rather than making people, myself included, drive several hundred miles per week to do exactly the same work I could be doing through VPN.

If more businesses would take advantage of telecommuting, fewer people would have to drive, hence fewer people on the road and more oil resources saved.

It's an easy-to-implement idea that some companies are already using to their benefit. Will it be implemented in any meaningful fashion? I doubt it. There are too many middle managers who can't stand the thought of people working in a comfortable environment.

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