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Step Out of the Cubicle: Meet Outside of the Box
Have you ever thought about taking your meetings out of the office? In today’s increasingly progressive work environment, you don’t necessarily have to take every meeting in a boardroom or in an...
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Commute Solutions: April’s Commuter Challenge Results!
During Commute Solutions’ three-week long competition, nearly 1,000 Austinites logged in daily at myCommuteSolutions.com tracking their alternative commutes: biking, walking, transit, teleworking,...
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Five Apps That Help Improve Productivity While Working From Home
photo via PGI The following is reprinted from the PGI Blog. Studies show that working from home can keep remote workers happier, healthier and more efficient. Telecommuting programs help reduce stress...
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The Yin & Yang of Telecommuting
A new e-book by PGI is one of the best resources we have seen in quite a while. It packs in a lot of great information in 13 short pages to help you talk with your company’s management about the...
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The Truths (and Myths) of Teleworking
Photo originally published in The Austin-American Statesman Welcome to your work day: Wake up, brush your teeth, get ready and get in the car. Drive, honk, yell, get cut off in traffic, fight for...
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5 Tips to Make Working from Home Even Better!
Check out this great video from Apartment Therapy for some quick tips to make working from home fun and productive!
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How do you Take 7,000 Cars off Local Roads?
More and more local employers are beginning to understand their role in our city’s traffic problem. Just ask Central Texas’ largest and highest profile employer, Dell. Dell recently set a goal to have...
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Rethinking Traffic Solutions
Traffic: everyone in Central Texas loves to complain about it, and you’re not likely to make it through a day without traffic alerts from news outlets around town. Austin routinely ranks among the most...
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Making Telecommuting Work For You
Thanks to technologies like the cloud and video conferencing, teleworking is on the rise. The benefits are huge for companies that allow telework: decreased stress, increased productivity, and of...
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Mobile Work Wins: Most Loved, Most Hated, Most Misunderstood
When we ask employees about which travel options they are most interested in, mobile work – also known as working from home, or telework – is hands down the most attractive option. It is also one of...
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Do More: We Can Help!
Austinites logged an average of 41 hours sitting in traffic last year, and it’s getting worse. Movability Austin just started a new initiative to help drivers reclaim their commuting time while...
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Road Rage Rx
If you’ve driven in Austin traffic, you’ve probably experienced something like this: rushing to your destination, frustrated by unexpected traffic, starting to get angry at all the horrible drivers on...
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As If It Were a State Holiday Every Day
Rep. Celia Israel (HD 50 – Austin) recently filed HB 1839, a bill that would make it easier for state employees to work alternative hours, something that could have a big impact on downtown Austin...
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Save Austin and the Environment, One Commute at a Time
Earth Day, on April 22nd, is as good a time as any to take even small steps in reducing your “carbon footprint.” Here’s why you might want to focus the effort on your commute. Americans burn 2.9...
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What’s Your Best Idea to Improve Austin Transportation?
MobilityATX.com has been live for 3 weeks, and hundreds of Austinites have already generated over 200 ideas on commuting, parking, and other mobility issues. When you peruse the website, you’ll see...
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Leveraging Your Personality for Work from Home Success
Can you guess what commute option ranks #1 in interest among downtown Austin employees? It’s telework (AKA work from home). If skipping traffic altogether sounds like bliss to you, you aren’t alone!...
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Cool Commuting Companies
Driving alone during peak rush hour traffic makes for unhappy and stressed employees, and can mean a big drain of time and money for businesses. That’s why so many companies in Austin are taking steps...
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It’s a Wrap: Transform Your Trip
We want to give a big thanks to the dozens of hard working interns who helped us have Commute Chats with downtown commuters, and the hundreds of downtown employees who stopped to talk about their...
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Employees Loved Their Ride during Mobility Week 2015
Did you hear the buzz? Austin just celebrated its second annual Mobility Week, and it was well embraced by Austinites! Hopefully you were among those having commute adventures (if so, you can still...
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From Diversity to Productivity: the Many Benefits of Flexibility in the...
If your company prioritizes diversity, you’re already thinking about how you can recruit, retain, and promote women in your workplace. Maybe you are one of those companies that Forbes reported on last...
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