Ask HN: Why isn't remote work advertised as a pro environment initiative?
Similarly, I often wonder why cities don’t promote local telecommuting over building expensive public transportation infrastructure. Building one kilometre of subway costs anywhere from around $100 million to $1.6 billion (<a href="https://marroninstitute.nyu.edu/events/how-much-does-it-cost-to-build-a-subway" rel="nofollow">https://marroninstitute.nyu.edu/events/how-much-does-it-cost...</a>), and then requires subsidies to run. Why not use this money to provide incentives for people to telecommute?<p>And while some might say, “but then people who rely on public transit for things other than commuting to work would be hurt,” note that most public transit currently doesn’t serve those people well because it’s focused on work-related commuting patterns. Example: <a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2022/01/public-transit-services-in-canadian-cities-not-meeting-many-womens-travel-needs.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2022/01/public-transit-service...</a>.