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In london commuter trains are over crowded and they spend millions (billions?) every year on upgrading and it costs me about £900 a month to use these trains.

If governments incentivised companies to encourage remote work, this money would be unnecessary as many people wouldn't commute any more - saving money for everyone, saving the environment and allowing people to have a home life and see their kids/partner etc.

Remote working is a massive win-win for everyone, I wish the government realised this.




How is your monthly cost that high? Based on some quick googling, the daily cap for zone 1-6 travel tops out under 20 pounds which would come to 600 pounds for 30 days assuming you travel every day. The 7 day caps top out around 60 pounds which would be 240 pounds for 4 weeks of commuting. You could probably get a small, fuel-efficient car and the total costs of ownership would save you money over what you claim to pay currently.


What would the right incentives be? I agree, btw


Probably in the form of a tax break like everything else. $X tax credit per remote worker, or some such.

Whether or not that would be enough, who knows...


Lower taxes maybe since their employees aren't using fuel or infrastructure to commute.


They could also make it easier for people to live near their jobs. It's surprising how quickly you hit low density areas, even near the train.


That would have worked in the days of a job for life but now, once you have a family, you can't keep moving every 2-3 years where your next job will be.


Sure, but if many good jobs are in the same city and dense, family-friendly housing near transit is available, you don't need to move.




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