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minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days ago42h per year is less than 1h per week. Even if they’re working from home 3x per week this seems to be very conservative to 15 min each way. Where’s the news here?
minus-squarethesystemisdown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 days agoThat’s ‘congestion’ which really buries the lede, and who knows how they came to that figure or what they consider congestion. The average commute in the US is 27.6 minutes one way. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/one-way-travel-time-to-work-rises.html 27.6 x 2 = 55.2 (Assuming most return to home) 50 weeks (assuming two weeks vacation) x 5 work days = 250 work days per year. 250 x 55.2= 13,800 minutes 13,800 ÷ 60 = 230 hours Almost six work weeks worth of time, assuming a 40 hour work week. Averages like this are misleading. The daily round trip average commute in the NYC metro area is 71.8 minutes. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/travel-time.html/ RTO mandates are expensive both financially and mentally, and create significant unnecessary pollution and waste.
42h per year is less than 1h per week. Even if they’re working from home 3x per week this seems to be very conservative to 15 min each way. Where’s the news here?
That’s ‘congestion’ which really buries the lede, and who knows how they came to that figure or what they consider congestion.
The average commute in the US is 27.6 minutes one way.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/one-way-travel-time-to-work-rises.html
27.6 x 2 = 55.2 (Assuming most return to home)
50 weeks (assuming two weeks vacation) x 5 work days = 250 work days per year.
250 x 55.2= 13,800 minutes
13,800 ÷ 60 = 230 hours
Almost six work weeks worth of time, assuming a 40 hour work week.
Averages like this are misleading. The daily round trip average commute in the NYC metro area is 71.8 minutes.
https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/travel-time.html/
RTO mandates are expensive both financially and mentally, and create significant unnecessary pollution and waste.