Advanced telecommunications infrastructure redraws socioeconomy
Virtually everything has changed in the internet age. There were times when people flocked to cities for work. Lured by…
Author: Frederick Pilot
The commute conundrum and the California fuel tax increase
Getting knowledge workers off congested freeways by substituting the use of information and communications technology (ICT) for commuting was first…
ICT poised to revolutionize knowledge work as profoundly as the automobile and freeways did in the 1950s.
Gov, like an increasing number of Californians, has an extreme commute to her job. She works in communications at a…
CalEPA growing, must cut cubicles for regulators | The Sacramento Bee
California can’t fit all of its environmental regulators in its 25-story Environmental Protection Agency headquarters, and it doesn’t want to…
Self-driving cars. Scooters. The future of commuting to work is here
From crowdsourced shuttle buses to companies offering rides to lure top talent, here are concepts used in some cities that…
As suburbanites face growing “nightmare” commutes, co-working spaces offer relief
Sacramento like other California metros finds its suburbs at an inflection point. In the 1950s and 1960s, the car was…
Peter Thiel: ICT offers low cost, green solution to metro area transportation, housing challenges
Venture capitalist and PayPal founder Peter Thiel was recently interviewed on the Fox Business Network on the city of the…
Norman Macrae on telecommunications as transport, work revolution
Telecommunications are now recognised as the third of the three great transport revolutions that have, in swift succession, transformed society…
U.S. commute length grows from 2012 to 2016
Americans are driving longer on the country’s roads and bridges to get to work. This is particularly true in larger…
Uber’s silly solution to the daily commute grind
While the idea of casually commuting to work via flying aircraft is quite exciting, Uber Elevate still has many obstacles…