Well fuck economic growth.
42 hours with family, friends.
Corporate media’s sycophantic bias laid bare.
I hate how they frame it as a “full work week lost”.
No, this was “time with family” lost, “time to better your health” lost, “time to focus on mental health” lost…
Also, being in a car for that long (instead of using a more active form of transportation), likely results in time lost off their lifespan, too.
And more/wider highways induces more car congestion. Remember that when your politicians demand multi billion dollar highway projects, claiming “one more lane” will fix it THIS time.
Motorcycles and lane splitting ftw
Let’s get everyone back to the office, though! Amirite‽ (Lookin’ at you Mayor Bowser.)
FFS
WFH in the current U.S suburban development pattern leads to traffic as well, as people in that context make on average more trips outside of the peak commuter times which would not have otherwise been made. CityNerd covered it in his last video, which has not been released on his YouTube channel yet (Nebula link here.
This is not a comment on the value of WFH being good or bad, but it’s decidedly not a solution to any questions of transportation, and I would like for it to be kept out of those conversations so that the question does not steal oxygen from actual solutions like transit expansions, zoning reform, improved bicycle infrastructure and so on.
Oh I know, let’s add more lanes and car traffic flow controls. That’s proven successful
One more lane bro! It’ll fix traffic this time I swear!
