Proximate-commute Mapping

Wouldn't it be interesting if commuters could "swap" jobs for a closer job to their home?

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March 24, 2002, 11:00 AM PST

"Mullins first started thinking seriously about traffic when his own commute suddenly got worse more than a decade ago... I started thinking, 'Wouldn't it be nice if I could just swap jobs with someone?'... His preliminary work revealed only 17 percent of the employees at 14 bank branches worked at the branch closest to their homes. The rest, on average, lived closer to 10 branches than the one where they worked."

Thanks to The Practice of New Urbanism

FULL STORY: Putting shorter commute on map

Friday, March 22, 2002 in The Seattle Times

Transportation Washington

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