Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)
by golergka on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:56AM
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What happened to these constants with WFH? Personally, I have a lot of productive days now when I don't even leave my home.
Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)
by paxys on Thursday March 21, 2024 @08:22AM
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People who work from home are still a tiny minority. They may skew the numbers somewhat, but definitely not to a very great degree.
Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)
by rsynnott on Thursday March 21, 2024 @09:08AM
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When forced to WFH during the pandemic, I tended to walk aimlessly for an hour or so after work to compensate.
I felt a fairly strong _compulsion_ to do that. Marchetti might be onto something...
Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)
by marcosdumay on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:50AM
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I really doubt this holds today.
Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)
by throw0101b on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:55AM
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> I really doubt this holds today.
In the US it is 28 minutes:
* https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/one-way-...
* https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/money-finance__tra...
See perhaps:
> Marchetti's constant is the average time spent by a person for commuting each day. Its value is approximately one hour, or half an hour for a one-way trip. It is named after Italian physicist Cesare Marchetti, though Marchetti himself attributed the "one hour" finding to transportation analyst and engineer Yacov Zahavi.[1]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchetti%27s_constant
* https://archive.is/edypl / https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-29/the-commu...