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Telework has to be part of long-term transit answer |
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US Patent Office says teleworkers are helping save more than 613,000
gallons of gas, prevent 9,600 tons of emissions, and save over $1.8
million annually in fuel costs |
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Bell Canada:
By eliminating their work commutes, employees reduce their travel by
about 110 million km/year, saving up to 20,000
metric tons of GHG emissions annually (See page 22) |
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Some 15,052 Bell Canada employees are equipped to telework,
potentially avoiding some 25 million km/year of work commute. This
translates into a reduction of approximately 6,000 tons of CO2e
annually (pdf Report) |
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Telecommuting could help solve Hawaii traffic woes |
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Riding laptops to work - Other than driving
alone, telecommuting is the only commuter mode to increase since
1980.While telecommuting's share of work trips is still small, we
should still be optimistic, especially if cost-effectiveness is
thrown into the mix. |
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Is this trip necessary? Cutting commuting could
alleviate many of our gridlock woes (article by Brendan Read) |
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Telework figures
prominently in the US Environmental Protection Agency's "Best
Workplaces for Commuters" ranking of 20 Fortune 500 companies |
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Study says
urban rail likely to fail in North Carolina. Like many other cities, area is ill-suited for rail and would be better off
adding additional lane capacity to roads and pursuing traditional and
newer commuting options like bus rapid transit and telecommuting |
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Instead of slapping tolls on
motorists, new Toronto Mayor David Miller should be
encouraging commuters to telework from their communities,
instead of driving into the city core every business day |
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American Automobile Association calls for gas policy changes. Says
employers can play a role in reducing fuel consumption by creating
telecommuting arrangements for workers |
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Other cities' railway woes are a warning for Atlanta. During the
1990s, while transit use declined by 23,000 riders, working at home
(telecommuting) increased more than 775,000. This suggests that
light rail discounts the very real and economical
impact that IT can play in transportation demographics |
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Like
Canada, Ireland has signed on to the Kyoto protocol. With a recent
doubling of Ireland's emissions a report published by Sustainable
Energy Ireland (SEI), touts telework as one of the key solutions to
avoid emissions (pdf) |
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IVC
article featured in David Suzuki Foundation's Nature Challenge
Online Community |
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US
transportation research group says commuters waste up to $1,686
annually sitting in traffic. Employers urged to adopt
flex-scheduling and telecommuting so their people are not on the
roads at peak hours |
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Telecommuting
could ease Irish traffic -- With commuters now spending an average
of two hours per day in the car, the lack of viable telecommuting
options has added to the nation's traffic woes |
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American
Lung Association says 142 million Americans breathe unhealthy
amounts of ozone pollution (smog). Study during 1996 Summer Olympics
demonstrates increasing transportation options and encouraging
telecommuting and flex time can significantly decrease ozone
concentrations, and number of children with asthma seeking urgent
care and hospitalization |
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Getting
Out of Gridlock. Thanks to the Highway Lobby, Now We’re Stuck in
Traffic. How Do We Escape? |
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Study
shows virtual journeys on the superhighway could reduce growth in
traffic congestion on the real highway by up to 45% |
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Taking
the I-train to work (Seattle
Times): Policymakers should recognize that the forces building
the knowledge economy and the Internet Age will alter the commuting
patterns for decades to come. Failure to comprehend these trends
could result in a massive build-out of a transportation system
predicated on Industrial Age assumptions. Broadband Internet access,
if available more widely, can also make new business options such as
telework, more feasible for more companies, bringing a positive
reduction in the number of cars on the roads during the rush-hour
commute |
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California's
EPA and the American Lung Association tout work at home programs as
one way to protect public health effects of fuel emissions |
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NEPI's
emissions trading program outlines tax incentives to businesses who
allow telecommuting (PDF file) |
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Telework!VA
aims to take workers off of Virginia's overcrowded highways by
reimbursing companies up to $35,000, or $3,500 per employee, for the
cost of telecommuting-related equipment and services. Goal is to
reduce traffic, real estate and parking costs. Not commuting would
also improve productivity and reduce stress of employees |
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Companies
in Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington who
allow telecommuting eligible for air pollution credits....They could
sell or trade the government credits, like utilities already do |
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Small
Business Telecommuting Act to raise telecommuting awareness and
encourage companies to offer telecommuting options to employees |
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Fed
Gov't selects N. Virginia as one of 5 US cities for telework tax
credits to reduce commuter air pollution |
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Wash
DC Congressman, whose district features nightmarish commutes, wants
to offer a $500 tax credit to entice people to stay away from their
offices |
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Letter
to Dallas News: Solution to air quality improvement: One aspect of
our air quality improvement solution ought to be telecommuting
(work-at-home). I'm fortunate that my employer, VertexRSI, allows me
to telecommute two or three days a week. This, of course, keeps my
car off the road on those days and thus helps decrease automobile
exhaust pollution. I realize that not all jobs are amenable to
telecommuting. For those that are, I encourage other
forward-thinking companies to develop telecommuting options for
their employees. I encourage those involved with air quality
improvement to promote this option. With several thousand people (or
more) telecommuting each week, we can put a dent in our bad air
problem and help reduce traffic congestion to boot. MASON DEAVER,
Arlington, Texas |
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Teleworking’s
just the job for reducing traffic |
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Telecommuting
considered one of the keys in Tennessee's transportation and CO2
mitigation policies (pdf file...pgs 3-10) |
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AT&T
teleworkers avoid 110 million miles of driving, saving 5.1
million gallons of gasoline. This prevented the emission of air
pollutants including 1.7 million tons of carbon monoxide, 220,000
tons of hydrocarbons, 110,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 50,000
tons of carbon dioxide |
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Congressional
Act sets up telework pilots to reduce pollution. US National
Environmental Policy launches Emissions Trading Pilot Project. To
address air quality concerns through teleworking, Congress enacted
HR 2084, Section 365 of the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriation Act, FY2000, which proposes pilot programs to
examine providing an incentive for businesses to implement telework
programs by creating an emissions credit trading and exchange system |
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Ottawa
Citizen: Grappling with gridlock in Ottawa: Telecommuting seen as
just one of the many solutions |
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Telecommuting
is the answer to Delhi's vehicular pollution and increasing
stress-related diseases |
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BC:
GO GREEN is a publicly funded trip reduction agency that has a
telecommuting resource page |
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Washington
State says one of the most overlooked tools for reducing traffic
congestion is working from home or "telecommuting" |
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National
Environmental Policy Institute, Washington, D.C. NEPI wants to
offer new financial benefits, including a clean air nitrogen oxide (NOx)
credits trading program as an incentive to businesses to engage
their employees in telecommuting. Also, see NEPI's Telework and the
Environment Report, July 2000 (pdf file) |
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Fight
Gridlock, Stay Home: Telecommuting as a solution to Washington's
traffic congestion and air-quality problems sounds almost too good
to be true. Yet it is perhaps the quickest and most
cost-effective way to lessen traffic congestion in our fast-growing
region. (Washington Post, Sunday, May 14, 2000) |
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ETO
's website talks about how telework can clean the air |
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CTA's
letter to the 3 Canadian Federal Ministers illustrates just some
of the ways that telework can impact on the environment, transport
and energy |
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Canadian
Climate Change Solutions: Telecommuting: Eli Gives Up the Rat Race |
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The
Bureau of Transportation Statistics looks at The Transportation
impacts of telecommuting |
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Oregon's
Energy Office gives tax credits to employers allowing telework |
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Telecommuting
2000 UK research project by Symantec, Mitel, and the Home Office
Partnership argues for new approaches to travel and work, focusses
on the role of transport in an Information Society, and roles
for governments |
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Ottawa
Citizen: Letter to the Editor This letter encourages decision
makers to consider telework growth predictions before approving
long-term, high-cost infrastructure projects |
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Half
of AT&T's workforce teleworks. 49% do so at least 1 day a week, while 10% do it full time. In 1999, these teleworkers saved |
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87
million miles |
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4.1
million gallons of gas |
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41,000
tons of CO2; 180,000 tons of hydrocarbon |
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1.4
million tons of carbon monoxide |
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93,000
tons of NOX
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AT&T's
Telecommuting Calculator shows the CO2 you can save by not driving |
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Here
you can find politicians who support telework's environmental
benefits |
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Bill
before Congress proposes a National Telecommuting and Clean Air
Act and to offer incentives and pollution credits to 5 US cities |
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Ottawa/Calgary Commuter Challenge '99 Event featured clean air transportation
options including telework |
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British
Columbia's Greenhouse Gas Action Plan includes expanding
transportation demand management initiatives, including
telecommuting, for provincial government and Crown corporation
employees |
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Colorado Mayors urge Colorado businesses to consider telework to
help solve critical business and transformation issues, including
the ongoing challenge to attract and retain highly skilled workers
in a tight job market |
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For Salt Lake City's 2002 Olympics, Utah has initiated Telework 2000 to reduce nightmarish commutes; stress and frustration getting to and
from work; inefficiency once on the job; and the need to pour money into constant freeway construction |
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Phoenix,
Arizona provides its businesses with the tools they need to
implement telework programs or grow the ones they already have. By
encouraging thousands of employees to work from home on a regular
basis, local businesses helped to clean up the air and reduce
traffic congestion. The program provides materials on developing
pilot programs, policies and guidelines; training participants;
reviewing legal, tax and technology issues communications; and
program launch |
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The
Oregon Office of Energy offers Oregon employers 35% tax credit
for purchasing and installing new or used equipment that allows
employees to telework. To qualify, employees must telework at least
45 days per calendar year, or projects must reduce employee
business-related travel by at least 25% |
