http://www.26econ.com/the-friday-traffic-effect/ Online economics Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.26econ.com/the-friday-traffic-effect/#comment-7888 Yumio Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:27:26 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/the-friday-traffic-effect/#comment-7888 I think the more interesting idea is how to make every day a Friday (more flexibility in arriving/leaving) and even moving people to working on the weekend for days off during the work week. The government has the incentive to offer monetary incentives to get businesses to do flex-time, since less congestion is a societal good (less time wasted, less gas used, less pollution). I think the more interesting idea is how to make every day a Friday (more flexibility in arriving/leaving) and even moving people to working on the weekend for days off during the work week. The government has the incentive to offer monetary incentives to get businesses to do flex-time, since less congestion is a societal good (less time wasted, less gas used, less pollution).

]]> http://www.26econ.com/the-friday-traffic-effect/#comment-7881 George Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:01:05 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/the-friday-traffic-effect/#comment-7881 Yeah but that in part is a move toward mico-managing Yeah but that in part is a move toward mico-managing

]]> http://www.26econ.com/the-friday-traffic-effect/#comment-7875 Alex Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:37:50 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/the-friday-traffic-effect/#comment-7875 Part- timers, (people that work part time generally work less on Fridays) Part- timers, (people that work part time generally work less on Fridays)

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