Deck: Champions of the proposed legislation say it will ease the state”s traffic problem and employees” stress. Ever wish that instead of gulping down that cup of coffee and hopping on the highway ...

It is no surprise that a wide range of the costs and burdens on families during the COVID-19 pandemic are falling disproportionately on women. A recent study by Yale sociologists found that ...

Oil prices stalking the US$100-per-barrel neighborhood have raised transport costs for workers. Add to that, companies are encountering higher rent. To save costs, employers might therefore be ...

We searched for a program "to inform businesses about the benefits of flexible work schedules; help businesses create flexible work opportunities; and increase federal incentives for telecommuting," ...

Is telecommuting becoming more popular than transit? A new report by the Reason Foundation looks at this and other questions around working from home. One finding: telecommuters outnumber transit ...

Recently en route to Panama, I spent my time on the plane as I usually do—going through a stack of magazines to catch up on what’s going on and get some new ideas. But an article in Technology Review ...

Prior to the pandemic, hopping in their cars to go to work was just what a lot of folks did. A new study from the car-shopping app CoPilot found that newly remote workers nationwide have gained, on ...

Barack Obama’s incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, addressed an audience of business leaders yesterday, promising to seize the crisis. He called the energy crisis of the early 1970s a “missed ...

Three participants in Oregon's Aspiring Leaders Program were putting together a report on state workers who telecommute from home. During their research, they noticed a 1997 law requiring the Oregon ...

The federal government and some of the Washington area's largest businesses are pushing a simple plan to reduce rush-hour traffic -- urging more of their employees to stay home. Because the region has ...

Here’s something I didn’t need to tell you: Driving in Seattle is awful and only going to get worse. The Washington state Department of Transportation reported a 22 percent increase in urban delays ...