Traffic Congestion

President’s Corner

December 1, 2011

I thought it would be a good idea to tell both our new and returning visitors a little more about us. As always will be the case, please email me directly at chuck@TelCoa.org with any thoughts and comments you have.

The Telework Coalition (TelCoa), America’s leading nonprofit telework education and advocacy organization, based in Washington DC, was established in 2002 by a group of professionals with experience in addressing the benefits, adoption, and implementation of telework and telecommuting programs. This was in response to a growing need for a single, reliable source of reference material about technology’s impact on our economy, environment, energy usage, and our society in general. TelCoa focuses on how this technology is changing our lifestyles, organizational structures and workplace management, along with the policies, processes and procedures that support them.

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Guest Columnist

December 7, 2011

Nicole Belson Goluboff, Esq.
Author,
The Law of Telecommuting,
The Law of Telecommuting
Supplement,
Telecommuting for Lawyers

Using Telework to Create Jobs and Reduce the Deficit

As the country strives to gain its footing amidst the jobs crisis and the deficit crisis, lawmakers must focus on the traction telework offers.

Telework enables businesses to start hiring. By slashing overhead, recruitment and other business costs, telecommuting makes it more affordable for companies to bring on new personnel.

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On Monday, November 7, 2011, the two U.S. senators from Connecticut, Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a bill, S. 1811, that would end the ability of any state to tax income earned by telecommuters who are not physically located in that state. The Telework Coalition has long supported such legislation.

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The Texas Transportation Institute Annual Urban Mobility Report is the most comprehensive report in the United States detailing traffic and traffic congestion.

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Telework is working in Georgia

September 13, 2011
By Mike Williams, Employer Services Director at The Clean Air Campaign

Traffic on the nation’s interstate highways from 1980 to 2006 has grown by 150% – but capacity grew by just 15%. Georgia’s telework strategy to reduce traffic has been successful with an increase of 20% or 600,000 teleworkers. Telework is a smart business strategy with many benefiting from lower real estate costs, reduced absenteeism, and the ability to remain productive when Mother Nature interferes with the ability to get to work.

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The Most for Our Money:
Taxpayer Friendly Solutions for the Nation’s Transportation Challenges

Report Aims to Improve Transportation with Seven Tools

May 20, 2011, by Enid Burns, alt transport

A report presented by the Reason Foundation, Transportation for America and Taxpayers for Common Sense, “The Most for Our Money,” offers seven cost-effective transportation strategies for the U.S. to improve its infrastructure. Those categories include transportation scenario planning; high occupancy toll lanes (HOT Lanes); bus rapid transit (BRT); intelligent transportation systems (ITS); intercity buses; teleworking and local street connectivity.

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Traffic Congestion

The Most for Our Money: Taxpayer Friendly Solutions for the Nation’s Transportation Challenges

The Most for Our Money:
Taxpayer Friendly Solutions for the Nation’s Transportation Challenges