Comments on: How to survive Knoxville rush hour http://knoxify.com/how-to-survive-rush-hour/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:55:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Doug McCaughan http://knoxify.com/how-to-survive-rush-hour/#comment-1562 Doug McCaughan Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:32:16 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=362#comment-1562 Np. I assumed they were getting moderated but didn't get a message that the comment had been saved. Just looked like the form cleared. Feel free to delete the duplicate comments or edit however you like. Np. I assumed they were getting moderated but didn’t get a message that the comment had been saved. Just looked like the form cleared. Feel free to delete the duplicate comments or edit however you like.

]]> By: Patrick Beeson http://knoxify.com/how-to-survive-rush-hour/#comment-1561 Patrick Beeson Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:07:05 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=362#comment-1561 Or perhaps take an alternate route. I've noticed I can get from downtown to west faster by taking Middlebrook Pike. Also, if you value your money, just go the speed limit. You'll save in gas and reduce the risk of accidents. Or perhaps take an alternate route. I’ve noticed I can get from downtown to west faster by taking Middlebrook Pike.

Also, if you value your money, just go the speed limit. You’ll save in gas and reduce the risk of accidents.

]]> By: Casey Peters http://knoxify.com/how-to-survive-rush-hour/#comment-1560 Casey Peters Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:48:09 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=362#comment-1560 Sorry about the comment trouble Doug. Akismet was having a field-day with your links. I'll look into fixing this. Sorry about the comment trouble Doug. Akismet was having a field-day with your links. I’ll look into fixing this.

]]> By: Doug McCaughan http://knoxify.com/how-to-survive-rush-hour/#comment-1559 Doug McCaughan Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:42:35 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=362#comment-1559 Ugh. 3rd time I've tried to get this comment to take! 7. <a href="http://realityme.net/2007/01/17/encourage-telecommuting/" rel="nofollow">Work from home</a>. See if the boss will let you telecommute even if its only 2 days a week. Or work 4 ten hour days and take 3 day weekends. Getting the cars off the road during rush hour can help. Many jobs can be done remotely including customer service, tech support, programming, sales, certain financial jobs, management, legal, and so forth. The US Patent Office encourages its employees who have met certain requires on their annual performance reviews and even pays their high speed access. Working from home reduces emissions, gas consumption, carbon footprint, and infrastructure costs. Telecommuting can increase productivity and better family relationships as the time normally spent commuting (40 minute one way for some people) can be spent working or with family. Ugh. 3rd time I’ve tried to get this comment to take!

7. Work from home. See if the boss will let you telecommute even if its only 2 days a week. Or work 4 ten hour days and take 3 day weekends. Getting the cars off the road during rush hour can help. Many jobs can be done remotely including customer service, tech support, programming, sales, certain financial jobs, management, legal, and so forth. The US Patent Office encourages its employees who have met certain requires on their annual performance reviews and even pays their high speed access. Working from home reduces emissions, gas consumption, carbon footprint, and infrastructure costs. Telecommuting can increase productivity and better family relationships as the time normally spent commuting (40 minute one way for some people) can be spent working or with family.

]]> By: Doug McCaughan http://knoxify.com/how-to-survive-rush-hour/#comment-1558 Doug McCaughan Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:37:44 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=362#comment-1558 7. <a href="http://realityme.net/2007/01/17/encourage-telecommuting/" rel="nofollow">Work from home</a>. See if the boss will let you telecommute even if it is only 2 days a week. Or work 4 ten hour days and have 3 day weekends. In doing so, we get traffic off the road during rush hour. The US Patent Office encourages its employees to telecommute and even pays for their high speed bandwidth if the employee is meeting requirements on their annual performance reviews. Many jobs such as customer service, tech support, programming, sales, certain finance related jobs, legal, management and so forth can be done remotely thus reducing emissions, gas consumption, carbon footprint, infrastructure costs, and enhancing family relations with the employee. That spent commuting (40 minutes one way for some) can be used for working or with family instead of in the car. The challenge is in retraining managers to accept telecommuting and let go of micromanagement. 7. Work from home. See if the boss will let you telecommute even if it is only 2 days a week. Or work 4 ten hour days and have 3 day weekends. In doing so, we get traffic off the road during rush hour. The US Patent Office encourages its employees to telecommute and even pays for their high speed bandwidth if the employee is meeting requirements on their annual performance reviews. Many jobs such as customer service, tech support, programming, sales, certain finance related jobs, legal, management and so forth can be done remotely thus reducing emissions, gas consumption, carbon footprint, infrastructure costs, and enhancing family relations with the employee. That spent commuting (40 minutes one way for some) can be used for working or with family instead of in the car. The challenge is in retraining managers to accept telecommuting and let go of micromanagement.

]]> By: Brittney http://knoxify.com/how-to-survive-rush-hour/#comment-1557 Brittney Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:32:41 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=362#comment-1557 Agreed! I'll admit it; I'm one of the cheaters occasionally... :) Sorry. Great addition to the list! Thanks! Agreed! I’ll admit it; I’m one of the cheaters occasionally… :) Sorry.

Great addition to the list! Thanks!

]]> By: Doug McCaughan http://knoxify.com/how-to-survive-rush-hour/#comment-1556 Doug McCaughan Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:29:32 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=362#comment-1556 6. <a href="http://realityme.net/2007/10/22/driving-patterns-let-the-ass-merge/" rel="nofollow">Let them merge!</a> Our tendency when some impatient person doesn't wait in line, rushes up and tries to merge at the last minute, is to block them. This is wrong. We should let them in. It's a math problem not a race. If we prevent them from merging the entire traffic pattern can become messed up for miles. If each of us lets one or two of these mergers in then the traffic flows better. As a matter of fact, it only takes a few people to let these "cheaters" in to fix the traffic. 6. Let them merge! Our tendency when some impatient person doesn’t wait in line, rushes up and tries to merge at the last minute, is to block them. This is wrong. We should let them in. It’s a math problem not a race. If we prevent them from merging the entire traffic pattern can become messed up for miles. If each of us lets one or two of these mergers in then the traffic flows better. As a matter of fact, it only takes a few people to let these “cheaters” in to fix the traffic.

]]> By: Doug McCaughan http://knoxify.com/how-to-survive-rush-hour/#comment-1554 Doug McCaughan Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:22:21 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=362#comment-1554 I'd like to suggest 2 others. 6. <a href="http://realityme.net/2007/10/22/driving-patterns-let-the-ass-merge/" rel="nofollow">Let people merge</a>. When those annoying people chose to not wait their turn and rush past all the waiting cars only to cut someone off, our tendency is to block them and make them wait. This reaction hurts the traffic flow over all. If you let one or two of these impatience people in, the flow of traffic can be much smoother. 7. <a href="http://realityme.net/2007/01/17/encourage-telecommuting/" rel="nofollow">Work from home</a>. Maybe not everyday but see if the boss will let you work from the house 2 days a week. Or pull 4 ten hour days and take 3 day weekends. Many jobs that are done in an office can be done remotely. Customer service, tech support, programming, sales, certain finance jobs, etc can be done remotely either full time or part time. The US Patent Office encourages its employees to work from home. Telecommuting reduces emissions, carbon footprint, infrastructure costs, and increases quality time between employee and family. That commuting time (for some people 40 minutes one way) could be spent working or with family. Either way, telecommuting has many wins. Urls referenced in this comment: http://realityme.net/2007/10/22/driving-patterns-let-the-ass-merge/ http://realityme.net/2007/01/17/encourage-telecommuting/ I’d like to suggest 2 others.
6. Let people merge. When those annoying people chose to not wait their turn and rush past all the waiting cars only to cut someone off, our tendency is to block them and make them wait. This reaction hurts the traffic flow over all. If you let one or two of these impatience people in, the flow of traffic can be much smoother.

7. Work from home. Maybe not everyday but see if the boss will let you work from the house 2 days a week. Or pull 4 ten hour days and take 3 day weekends. Many jobs that are done in an office can be done remotely. Customer service, tech support, programming, sales, certain finance jobs, etc can be done remotely either full time or part time. The US Patent Office encourages its employees to work from home. Telecommuting reduces emissions, carbon footprint, infrastructure costs, and increases quality time between employee and family. That commuting time (for some people 40 minutes one way) could be spent working or with family. Either way, telecommuting has many wins.

Urls referenced in this comment:
http://realityme.net/2007/10/22/driving-patterns-let-the-ass-merge/ http://realityme.net/2007/01/17/encourage-telecommuting/

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