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I take your point for long-distance travel, but the same argument doesn't really make sense to me in the commuter context. if something goes wrong with the seco
by leetcrew 3y ago
I take your point for long-distance travel, but the same argument doesn't really make sense to me in the commuter context. if something goes wrong with the second leg of my commute, I probably want to figure out a different way to get to work, not turn around and go home. either way, I'd just end up taking a taxi, bus, or both. as long as it doesn't happen often, it's not a big deal.
personally, I am primarily optimizing my commute for low average travel time and variance. I'll always pick the fastest option that allows me to walk out of my door at the same time every day and get to work on time for >90% of trips. practically, that equates to planning transit where the second leg has very short headways, regardless of where the transfer happens.
- Scarblac 3y agoActually, with the week divided between in-office and wfh nowadays, my most common reaction to something going wrong with my commute is to turn around and go home to work from there.
- Symbiote 3y agoMost people don't have this luxury.
- Cogito 3y agoWhat's your intuition for how many people do have this luxury, and what context do you think it holds in? My company has fully embraced flexibility, so even though many do work in the office it is completely accepted that some days they just won't. Other people in my social circles seem to have similar setups, but I've got no idea how far that extends outside of my bubble - not even in the rest of my city let alone the country or wordlwide.
- tsimionescu 3y agoGiven that not all jobs that can be remote are remote, and that the majority of jobs can't be remote (retail, manufacturing, agriculture, etc), I see good reasons to believe the vast majority of people don't have the option of working remote at their current job, anywhere in the world.
- kelnos 3y agoSomething like 60% of jobs can't be performed remotely. And of the 40% remaining, I think it's safe to say not all of them are allowed to be remote (due to office politics / management bullshit). A couple potentially relevant sources for that: https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_White-Paper_Dingel_Neiman_3.2020.pdf https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_White-Paper_... https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2020/04/24/what-percentage-of-workers-can-realistically-work-from-home-new-data-from-norway-offer-clues/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2020/04/24/what-per...
- tqi 3y agoI think the flip side is you have more time to react / find an alternative if the transfer is early.