U-turn on the grounds that an improved road would encourage car commuting where public transport alternatives exist.

ECONOMIST: Roads

It does not require the costly and intrusive transport infrastructure necessary to support both a large commuting workforce and the open-ended expansionist demands of unconstrained consumerism.

ECONOMIST: Letters

If companies adopted work-from-home cultures, would they reduce their carbon footprints by cutting down on employee commuting, de-congesting highways to create space for effective rapid bus transport systems, and reducing need for space and energy-devouring office buildings?

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