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Re:Historical patterns and sustainability implications of wo... by gruez on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @08:39AM (#32661298)
>Unless you're cooped up in your home every day

That actually seems pretty plausible given that WFH is normalized now. Sure, you might still leave the house to eat out or whatever, but it seems pretty inconvenient to also pick up groceries in those cases.

Re:Historical patterns and sustainability implications of wo... by ben-schaaf on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:04AM (#32662992)
Wanting to continue working from home rather than commuting is actually strongly correlated with driving (and longer commutes). 91% of bicycle commuters miss some aspects of the commute; ~40% miss it a lot, whereas 55% of car commuters don't miss it at all. Unsurprisingly the main aspect missed was the activity of commuting itself (53%). Cycling to work is like a free gym membership and a free trip to stores rolled into your commute.

Reference (N=1014): https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/blog-series/covid-19-pan...

Re:Historical patterns and sustainability implications of wo... by wizofaus on Thursday September 01, 2022 @03:28PM (#32681764)
I've recently been heading into the office pretty often due to noisy home renovation works and can relate - I love my mostly-bike-path commute. But for embarrassing reasons I chose to take a car during peak hour yesterday and it was truly a horrible experience. I don't mind moving "slowly" (and note that in most cases within 15km of home my average travel speed on a bike is better than in a car) but being stuck behind unmoving traffic for what seems like interminable periods of time is just incredibly stressful and frustrating.