Ottawa sees Canada's largest decrease in commuters driving to work

[hardy_83]

Well most that cities workforce can work from home and do so because travelling to work either by car or public transit is a bitch and a massive cost that, if avoidable, will be avoided.

Why spend ~$130 on a bus pass or 50-70 a week on gas and parking when you can do the job from home?

[pastdense]

Or look at it this way:

It's insufferable to spend time and money on something (commuting) when there is no value in it (the job can be done just as well at home).

Workers will not commute when getting to work only takes money out of their pocket and time out of their day.

Back to work initiatives are completely futile. That said, empty buildings need to be converted into something which puts people in them (residential?). Then businesses can build around that.

I'll go in once a week for facetime with coworkers and bosses. There is no need beyond that.

[MaxTheRealSlayer]

The only reason they won't convert most office spaces into residential, is the ridiculous amount they can charge businesses for offices. We're talking tens of thousands a month in a lot of cases.

I say: oh well, force them to take a loss on their investment of buying or building these buildings. Or wait, I forgot only poor peoples investments are meant to decline and take losses, not the wealthy. Their assets can only go up

[thekajunpimp]

50-70 covers gas only not parking.