Get Out of the Car and Off the Train: Great Ways to Change Your Commuting Game in 2023
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According to data from Zippia, as of the waning weeks of 2022, about a quarter of all American workers were working remotely 100% of the time. That equates to many millions of people, but it means that tens of millions more workers are still reporting to the office (or factory, lab, school, and so forth) to work in person every day or in a hybrid work arrangement. It also means that millions of Americans still commute to work on the regular. If you’re one of them, you have probably come to accept (and maybe even embrace?) your daily drive, train trip, bus ride, and carpool. But have you given thought to an alternative means of commuting?
If your destination and your home lie within only a handful of miles of each other and can be reached via roads (or other types of pathways) safe to alternative kinds of transportation, then switching to an electric scooter, board, bike, or using your own to feet for your commute might be the best change you can make this year. These forms of travel mean more exercise, savings on gas or fares, less exposure to the same air others are breathing (RSV and SARS-CoV-2 and the flu and such, e.g.), and myriad other benefits.