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> comprehensive public transit Need to mandate WFH. One way is to tax companies for every employee that is required onsite proportional to the average commute
by biomcgary 4y ago
> comprehensive public transit
Need to mandate WFH. One way is to tax companies for every employee that is required onsite proportional to the average commute distance of the city that the worksite is located. This will reduce travel substantially and undercut support for building more roads (since peak traffic will drop).
Until businesses relocate away from large, legacy central locations downtown to distributed locations closer to consumers, we can fund means-tested subsidies for grocery deliveries, etc. If you don't need to move people around, there is no need for a sclerotic, politicized, centralized solution that exists just to move people around!
- fasthands9 4y agoI don't know what percent of jobs could really be WFH. Not everyone is a programmer. Do we really expect healthcare, education, construction, transportation to shift to WFH? I also believe that WFH increases total miles driven because people are more willing to move to rural areas where driving to do anything is longer.
- foxyv 4y agoA solution would be to require employers to pay for commute times and/or the additional cost of living close to work. If a company has to pay me an additional 2 hours because they require workers to come into their offices in a high traffic car dependent city like Los Angeles then they will have to pay for that privilege. They already do this to some extent with higher wages. But making it an actual line item on the budget would focus minds a great deal better.