Teleworkers Save Commuters Time On The Roads

A report from the UK shows that folks who work from home have helped to cut average commute times there to a 10 year low of about 24 minutes each way.

The analysis – published to coincide withWork Wise UK‘s Commute Smart week this week (8-12 November) – finds that the average time spent commuting to and from work increased each year from 1998 to 2006, reaching a record 52 minutes roundtrip.

But since 2006, average commute times have decreased every year by 5 minutes each year.

Growth in home working has been one of the reasons —between 2006 and 2008, the number of people working from home increased by 291,000 – accounting for more than half of UK employment growth during this period.

Naturally other factors helped reduce commute times include better traffic management, higher fuel prices, fewer cars, shorter trips, and greater use of flexible work times.