TELECOMMUTING TRENDS

WHY COMMUTING is INSANE

In the Web era, 90% of those working downtown just don’t need to be there to do their jobs. Already, 36 million North Americans telecommute, and the number is growing rapidly, especially post-9/11. This compares with a combined total of only 3.7 million telecommuters in 1990.

Almost 20% of U.S. telecommuters live in California. This is not surprising in that five California cities rank in the top ten most-gridlocked cities in the country – San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego. Californians spend about 300,000 hours daily just sitting in traffic – one third of it by Bay Area commuters alone – none of it necessary.

Telecommuters are the sane ones. Sensible "workers" are rethinking where and with whom they’d genuinely like to live and "work."

By contrast, commuters are the "village idiots" of the global village. A visitor from outer space would find it bizarre. It’s time for it to stop – before it destroys us! Check out the Commical Commute scenario in my book FUTURE LIVING.

We are stuck in an antiquated mindset of where, when, how, and why business takes place. The Internet totally alters the old way of doing things. And those ways will vanish. In the Internet era, you do not "go to work." Rather the work comes to you, on your Web appliance, wherever you are.