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Commutes just get longer, transportation survey finds

This is not directly related to tech, but then again, perhaps it is. As this study indicates -- and each year, the same studies concerning traffic congestion seem to show the same trends -- it just gets worse every year. So it makes one wonder -- why isn't the concept of telecommuting being embraced by more employers? It would lower the amount of stress induced by the frustrations of getting back and forth to work everyday, so why aren't more employers warming up to the idea?

As reported on MSNBC, an AP newswire story reports that:

If getting stuck in traffic makes you want to roll down your car window and scream, a new national survey released Monday has bad news: Gridlock is getting worse.

Congestion delayed travelers 79 million more hours and wasted 69 million more gallons of fuel in 2003 than in 2002, the Texas Transportation Institute’s 2005 Urban Mobility Report said.

posted by Fergie @ 5/09/2005 10:40:00 AM