Sit behind your computer, your phone, your fax, on-line, at home, say supporters of this solution. Peer out at the green grass through the window. This reduces vehicle miles. The car stays in the garage or vanishes, right? Yes and no. Futurists who project the rising number of telecommuters fail to acknowledge how small a number of telecommuters exist (3 percent of the population), how small a percentage of miles are traveled by the commuter, and, most important, how large a percentage of miles are spent performing errands in sprawling suburbs. So stay-at-homes still pass their days performing
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