Silicon Valley companies are engaging in a competition with each other to reduce the number of employees driving to work each day.
"200 members of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) convened to advance a different type of innovation - programs that make employees more effective anytime and anywhere. Organizations are increasing productivity whether employees are at a primary work location, secondary, home, customer site or other remote location. Work Anywhere and Cool Commute programs get increased job results with fewer wasted hours from people trapped in gridlocked traffic."
"'Cool Commutes' is a friendly competition between Bay Area employers to determine which can encourage the greatest number of employees to commute without driving solo. Several attending corporations and government employers shared their success in helping thousands reach work using ride sharing, public transit, bicycling and walking. One CEO in Redwood Shores even canoed to work. Employer programs are both reducing the fuel wasted in commuting and eliminating unnecessary commutes."
Read the full story: Cool Commutes
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