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The commuter's paradox: there's something to gain in the space between home and work

  • Written by Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University
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For many of us, one of the upsides of 2020 was being freed from the grind of the daily commute.

For the 40% of the workforce able to “telecommute”, COVID-19 social distancing measures saved us an average of about an hour a day – and much more for those of us living in the outer suburbs of cities.

Studies show the...

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