Sentences with phrase «more of a commute»

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According to data from Pew Charitable Trust, between 2010 and 2015, the number of people who commute 90 minutes or more to work has skyrocketed.

Offering free transportation to public transit hot spots not only shortens commutes and supports environmentally friendly modes of transportation; it also allows businesses to set up their headquarters in more locations.

Firstly, allowing an employee to work from home can make them more productive on that day because they are relaxed and better rested for the lack of commute.

Levy reported that in a 2004 study of suburban rail commuters taking the train from New Jersey to Manhattan, «Wener and his coauthor Gary Evans found that the longer their test subjects» journey was, the higher the levels of cortisol (the primary stress hormone) in their saliva, and the more difficult they found to focus on the task of proofreading assigned them at the end of their commute.»

I'm not exaggerating when I say that Dagne Dover's Classic Tote, which is big enough to hold my 13» MacBook and a lot of other everyday essentials, has made my commute to and from the office a lot more convenient.

Much of the reason that men commute more than women is historical: studies have found that women have had shorter commuting times than men since the 1980s.

After all, as Richard Florida reported last year, the Census Bureau finds that 86 percent of U.S. workers still commute by car and more than 75 percent do so alone.

Here again, sitting in front of your screen (or browsing your mobile phone during the commute to work), gives you more time to calculate that number and find the better deal.

Despite the trend towards increased workplace flexibility in the form of perks like unlimited PTO, working from home and staggered hours to cut down on commute time, more Millennials are job hopping or leaving behind the security of full - time employment to join the gig economy.

According to a 2011 analysis of the British Household Panel Survey, commuting stresses women out significantly more than men.

A January study of more than 2,000 adults in the United States by Clarizen and Harris Poll discovered some employees would much rather watch paint dry (17 percent), commute four hours (12 percent) or endure a root canal (8 percent) than attend a boring meeting.

Obama has now commuted the sentences of 1,715 people, more than any other president in U.S. history.

«People spending a lot of time commuting spend less time with loved ones, less time exercising, and are more likely to frequently eat junk food or microwave meals.

To find out more about the effects of commuting, I spoke to Craig Masson, a doctor who typically spends around 80 minutes a day commuting in the UK (they have long commutes and traffic problems too!).

According to Russ Fradin of Dynamic Signal, a California - based company that creates software to make employees more aware and increase engagement, what you communicate to your employees doesn't necessarily have to be related directly to company business; it could be as simple as notifying them about road works that might affect their commute.

Even those of us with lifestyles more stuck - in - traffic than Up In the Air feel the strain of business travel, not to mention the often tedious commutes that bookend our workdays.

There are a million and one science - backed happiness hacks out there, from redesigning your commute to spending more time in nature (and no doubt you'll benefit from trying any of these that strikes your fantasy), but one intervention might just beat them all when it comes to the size of the well - being boost you can expect: helping others.

More millennials want remote jobs that can eliminate draining commutes and improve the quality of their lives.

The new audiobook format makes it easy to learn the secrets of living a happier, healthier, more affordable life overseas while relaxing, commuting, exercising, or taking breaks at work.

Work flexibility supports a healthy lifestyle in a multitude of ways: less stress without a commute, increased productivity because of less in - office distraction, money savings without buying office clothes, ability to tend to children or family members needing assistance, and more.

By the early 2000s, 25 % of employed men and 10 % of employed women were working 50 or more hours per week.24 And 35 - 40 % of Americans were working outside regular hours (9 am to 5 pm) and / or days (Monday to Friday).25 Average commute time rose from 40 minutes in 1980 to 50 minutes in the late 2000s.26

Chariot is a VC and Y Combinator funded startup that invites the public and enterprises to crowdsource new commuter routes then launches a twice - daily service when a critical mass of riders between neighborhoods want a faster and more reliable commute.

With the average commute time of nearly an hour each day on top of the eight or more hours spent on location, as well as other necessities outside of work hours of looking after kids, housework, maintenance of vehicles, etc., people simply don't have enough time and energy to exercise and sleep regularly, give their best to their personal relationships, or relax and have fun — that is, until Saturday mercifully arrives.

Massachusetts, along with New York, Washington state and California, where similar legislation to encourage more workforce housing is also pending, experienced higher than average median rent increases between 2010 and 2015, along with some of the biggest growth in super commutes.

In the future, some of us might even find ourselves working in SF, but commuting from a much more affordable area far away from Silicon Valley's outrageous rental environment.

Outlying London areas and Greater London boroughs, such as Hounslow, offer a prime opportunity for business owners to reduce the soaring cost of city centre workspace and attract talent through shorter and more affordable commutes.

You can save money by living outside of San Francisco or Silicon Valley proper, but then your commute will be long, and it will still be more expensive than most other cities.

Tesla says it obtained the image of the more recent photo from the dash cam of a witness who regularly makes the commute.

The Mayors» Council Plan will cut traffic congestion by 20 per cent, shortening commute times by an average of 20 to 30 minutes per day, and give 70 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents more frequent transit service.

The Pope even recounted that this guy was more concerned with the wedding venue coordinating with his fiancee's dress and the logistics of commuting to the reception than he was the marriage commitment itself.

Thanks to the generosity and understanding of my CNN bosses, I stepped back from the full - time role I'd filled for fifteen years or more, and racked up 350 miles a week commuting between home, college and studios.

So far, Obama has commuted more sentences than the past nine presidents combined with 562 — 197 of those were life sentences.

I say it is humble but it was also the one that absolutely hit the spot, more than once, after coming home late from long days of work, hard runs, and commuting.

Apart from the nippy weather, many of us start to notice change is in the air when the local chemist has started advertising flu vaccines to prevent seasonal influenza and more throats become scratchy and noses sniffly on our morning commute.

Nibbling a biscuit is certainly more commute - friendly than trying to eat a bowl of muesli on the bus — but is a breakfast biscuit as nutritious as cereal?

The reality is that stay - at - home parents can have as much stress as working parents, if not more, depending on the age, temperament, and the number of kids.So go ahead and relish your solo commute to work or that quiet cup of coffee at your desk.

High - stress jobs with long working hours or commutes or having multiples makes the notion of employing a night nanny more desirable as well.

However, the elimination of your commute may add more family time into your day.

While power locks and windows used to be the essence of extravagance in new cars; technology has advanced enough to provide drivers with high - tech, luxurious upgrades that make commuting more comfortable, safe and easy.

What I am not so happy about is waking up extra early, doing more laundry, fighting to get 4 kids ready each morning, and most of all fighting the traffic in our Chicago commute.

She could either quit school and be home educated, change schools to one more local to where we're living, or stay where she is but have a bit of a commute each day.

«Millionaires are more likely riding to work in Escalades or Town Cars than on the No. 6 train, but New York City voters say that's all the more reason they should pony up funding to make commuting easier for the rest of us,» said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

In commuting Clark's sentence, Cuomo compared her role to that of Kathy Boudin, who served more than 20 years for the Brinks heist before she was paroled in 2003.

It's a cute idea, but one with a purpose: The Riders Alliance is collecting these terrible commute stories in order to present them to the state legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo in an effort to get lawmakers to take the deterioration of the subway system more seriously.

Other officials said that some of the more southern communities often have the longest commutes into Manhattan.

A range of groups representing commuters, the construction industry and transportation planners praised the proposal, saying it would reduce bottlenecks on the railroad while allowing more trains to travel from New York City to Long Island for people making the reverse commute.

NEW YORK CITY — Subways were packed, commutes stretched for hours and streets were filled with slush, but New Yorkers pushed through their way to work and school on the first weekday after a massive blizzard dumped more than 2 feet of snow on the city.

In addition to the state - provided funds, the legislation would also direct the county Department of Public Works to apply for federal matching grant funding through the Job Access Reverse Commute program, with the goal of receiving more than $ 2 million to cover the cost of the expansion.

The concern then, as it could potentially be now, came from lawmakers outside of Manhattan who worried their commuting constituents would be hit with more fees.

De Blasio has recently been more reluctant to leave Brooklyn, citing a long commute to high school for his 15 - year - old son Dante and his 11th Street house's status as a symbol of his populist image.