Flying Ubers by 2020? The Future Passenger Drones
Uber is pushing to become the world’s next airline — without buying any planes. Instead, the company believes that a…
Tag: commuting
Why Do We Still Commute? – Pacific Standard
Over the last year, many companies have ended their liberal work-from-home policies. Firms like IBM, Honeywell, and Aetna joined a…
Leverage ICT for rapid remedy to jobs vs. affordable housing imbalance in metro areas
As I look out the window of my California Housing Finance Agency office in downtown Sacramento at 5 p.m. on…
S. F. Bay Area hitting the wall with unaffordable housing, lengthy commutes
The September losses, combined with 2,400 job losses reported by the EDD for August, paint an unsettling picture and lend…
Believe it or not, commuting will get better — a few decades from now – San Francisco Chronicle
Let’s start with the bad news. Commuting, that scourge of modern life, will not go away. Skip forward a few…
Transition from Industrial Age to knowledge economy sparks debate over “remote” work
No one said the decades long transition from the Industrial Age to the Information Age knowledge economy would be an…
Long commutes to reach affordable housing blamed for hampering California’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
California has hit a speedbump in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under landmark environmental legislation enacted in…
Home offices offer superior solution for congested, costly metro versus mass transit
As we demonstrate in a new report for Chapman University, our urban form does not work well for conventional mass…
Rethinking knowledge work
Bosses acknowledge that remote workers don’t suffer from productivity problems. Research has found telecommuters who can work outside normal office…
Renewed exurban growth doesn’t necessarily mean long commutes
The reasons for growth can be varied, according to Frey and other demographers. Jobs in booming cities can draw new…