Stockholmers spend more time commuting than on holiday: report
Published: 28 May 12 16:13 CET | Print version
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Stockholmers commute for an average of 6.4 working weeks each year, which is more time than they spend on holiday, according to a new study.
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The average commute time in the greater Stockholm area is 34 minutes each way, according to a study carried out by engineering consultancy WSP at the behest of the chamber.
The report points to the public transport’s low average speed as a reason to why it takes so long for Stockholm residents to travel between their homes and the office.
Taking public transport means a commuter will be travelling on average 20 kilometres an hour, whereas car drivers can enjoy an average of 36 km/h.
Accoring to Rankka, the solution to the long journey times lies in expanding Stockholm's underground metro system.
In addition, the study revealed that taking the car is no longer considered to be the status symbol it once was, and attractive office locations in the city are likely to be closer to train stations than car parks.
“Because there is a continuing growth in travel and as space is limited, there must be a growth in public transport. It’s an effective way to travel, especially on the metro, and many people want to use it,” she told the paper.
An expansion of the Stockholm metro lines has been listed as the most important future plan for the chamber of commerce, plans which include extending the green line to Nya Karolinska and Solna, just north of Stockholm.
“It’s in the metro that one should invest the most money. Many people can travel with it and in a city that’s growing, it gives a large capacity in the transport system when one invested under the ground,” she told SvD.
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If cars are no longer considered then where does the permanent endless queue of traffic on Essingeleden come from?
During my time I've also been able to work from where I need to be/want to be meaning that the idea of having to go into the office each day was seen by my enlightened employer as unnecessary when I could do what I needed to to that day elsewhere. I know not everyone has such jobs but why hasn't this idea of working from where one needs to be caught on in a big way considering that we have all the technology required to keep in touch? If companies really broke with the tradition of insisting staff come to work to sit in an office so that their bosses can keep an eye on them and make sure they do a full days work and instead measure their performance on the job in terms of results/achievements regardless of where they sat we would eliminate a lot of this pointless/life wasting commuting.