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Advantages |
Challenges |
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Enhances economic
development and sustainability
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Can
contribute to social and/or health problems |
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Reduces traffic
congestion and the demand for public transportation & bus-service
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Loss
of business for downtown merchants |
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Reduces wear & tear on roadways;
and the costs
of road maintenance, etc.
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Reduces
consumption of
transportation fuels and pollution
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Reduces
accidents, including those brought on by 'road rage'
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Reduces stress and health-care costs
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Helps
balance work and family. Can provide an option for the care of
"latch-key kids" and elders
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Provides better job opportunities & ease
of 'getting to work' for the disabled and mobility restricted
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More
"eyes on the street" during the day reduces break-ins and
other crimes
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Provides a financial boost for business
sector in the suburbs and rural areas
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Recruitment
& retention capabilities aid economic development, global
competitiveness and the 'brain drain'
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Democratizes government - telework
can help spread centralized workers and agenices across the
land |
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Good
for emergency preparedness: allows work to continue during strikes,
snow and ice storms, floods, brownouts etc. |
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