It cut his communing time in half. Now it takes only 25 minutes to get to work in downtown Stamford. One major problem is the shortage of parking spots in many suburban communities along the New Haven line. But adding parking lots in some of the suburban towns could be more difficult. Big employers who want to get employees to work in a stress-free environment may have to throw their weight around to get the towns to look beyond their own little back yards.
Predictability is critical.
The result is the Coastal Corridor Coalition which created a plan to reduce the heavy congestion in the region. Companies are also encouraged to offer flex-time and telecommuting so everybody is not in a rush to be at the office by 9 a.m. They also endorse using more incentive programs to get commuters to use transit. Jon Orcott of Tri-State Transportation says transit is the last best option to solve the traffic nightmare. Transit is all you have left. In the lower Hudson Valley, the biggest traffic obstacle is getting over the Tappan Zee Bridge and into White Plains and the surrounding region, which is filled with corporate office parks.