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February 28, 2006
Congested Businesses
- Traffic is getting so bad that chief executive officers are coming to regard congestion as an obstacle to doing business.
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group released results last week from a December-January survey of 107 area CEOs on the regional business climate.
Asked to pick the top five "business challenges" in Silicon Valley, high housing costs topped the list — just like last year — with 88 percent of the vote.
Traffic shot to second place, up from ninth the year before.
Mike Langberg column here.
SVLG survey here.
Table 4 lists traffic congestion as the second biggest business challenge, ahead of perennial business headaches like regulations, health care costs, and taxes.
Back to Langberg:
- [M]ass transit is a poor alternative in the valley, where offices are spread across the landscape.
Perhaps the best hope is the very thing Silicon Valley is good at: technology.
High-speed Internet access and inexpensive computers are making it practical for more people to work at home, at least part of the time.
Sun Microsystems is a leading example. Half the company's 31,000 employees worldwide participate in a program called iWork. They work at home or at company-owned drop-in centers.
Sun, based in Santa Clara, Calif., estimates it saves $69 million a year in the United States alone on real-estate costs. Sun says employees participating in iWork are happier and that they give 60 percent of their saved commute time back to the company.
For more on the business benefits of telecommuting, see p. 22 of my study, The Quiet Success: Telecommuting’s Impact on Transportation and Beyond.
Posted by tedb at February 28, 2006 12:12 PM
Basically nothing noteworthy happening right now, but eh. Today was a complete loss. I haven't been up to much recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten26491 at January 24, 2007 03:49 PM
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I feel like an empty room, but eh. Nothing seems worth doing. I haven't gotten much done today.
Comment by: Sten57369 at January 26, 2007 07:52 AM
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My life's been basically bland today. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. My mind is like an empty room. I've more or less been doing nothing to speak of. Not much on my mind recently.
Comment by: Sten2426 at January 27, 2007 09:04 PM
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Not much on my mind these days, but what can I say? It's not important. I just don't have much to say lately. I've just been letting everything pass me by recently, but eh.
Comment by: Sten75760 at January 28, 2007 10:38 AM
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I've more or less been doing nothing worth mentioning, but eh. My life's been really bland today. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days. That's how it is.
Comment by: Sten75367 at January 28, 2007 10:49 PM
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Comment by: Sten5558 at January 29, 2007 04:08 PM
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Comment by: Sten55535 at January 29, 2007 06:45 PM
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Comment by: Sten16881 at January 29, 2007 08:24 PM
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Comment by: Sten95843 at January 30, 2007 12:39 AM
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Comment by: Sten30232 at January 30, 2007 02:03 AM
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Comment by: Sten15412 at January 30, 2007 03:19 PM
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I just don't have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
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My mind is like a bunch of nothing, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I haven't been up to anything recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.
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I feel like a complete blank, but I don't care. Pfft. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
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I can't be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don't have anything to say recently. I haven't gotten much done recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about.
Comment by: Sten62894 at February 1, 2007 12:19 AM
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Comment by: Sten81664 at February 1, 2007 03:32 AM
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I haven't been up to anything today. I don't care. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. Basically not much happening right now. Maybe tomorrow. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten28718 at February 1, 2007 05:31 AM
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Comment by: Sten79873 at February 1, 2007 12:28 PM
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Comment by: Sten99061 at February 2, 2007 03:42 AM
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retty much nothing seems worth thinking about. My life's been completely dull , not that it matters. I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen.
Comment by: Sten19173 at February 2, 2007 04:45 PM
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I haven't been up to anything today. I don't care. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. Basically not much happening right now. Maybe tomorrow. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten4451 at February 3, 2007 12:26 AM
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I can't be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don't have anything to say recently. I haven't gotten much done recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about.
Comment by: Sten28206 at February 3, 2007 05:44 AM
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I haven't been up to anything today. I don't care. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. Basically not much happening right now. Maybe tomorrow. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten65455 at February 3, 2007 09:35 PM
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I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen, but I don't care. Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten79059 at February 4, 2007 03:19 AM
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I feel like an empty room, but eh. Nothing seems worth doing. I haven't gotten much done today.
Comment by: Sten83583 at February 4, 2007 12:04 PM
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Not much on my mind these days, but what can I say? It's not important. I just don't have much to say lately. I've just been letting everything pass me by recently, but eh.
Comment by: Sten65935 at February 4, 2007 04:48 PM
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My mind is like a bunch of nothing, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I haven't been up to anything recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.
Comment by: Sten89627 at February 5, 2007 12:34 AM
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I just don't have anything to say. Not that it matters. Eh. I've just been staying at home doing nothing, but I don't care. That's how it is.
Comment by: Sten16767 at February 5, 2007 04:50 AM
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Basically nothing noteworthy happening right now, but eh. Today was a complete loss. I haven't been up to much recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten77411 at February 5, 2007 07:07 PM
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I just don't have anything to say right now. I haven't been up to anything recently, but it's not important. I've just been sitting around waiting for something to happen, but shrug.
Comment by: Sten92679 at February 5, 2007 09:17 PM
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Comment by: Sten92972 at February 6, 2007 12:00 AM
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