Lunch Hour = Rush Hour

[John the Monkey]

Car madness from the USA;

So many workers drive to lunch in Tysons Corner that it has created a third rush hour during the middle of the day that actually exceeds the morning rush.

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“We drive a mile at most,” he said. “Even with traffic, it’s not more than a couple of minutes.”

Full Article
(Found via Tom Vanderbilt's Blog)

 

[ChrisKH]

The problem with Tysons Corner (and anyone who has worked there will know) is that unlike say Washington DC (nearest major city) some of the office conurbations just cannot be reached without a car and it is much more spread out than, say, where I am in London. Therefore unless you actually bring your lunch with you you are rather reliant on the car to get from A to B. Lunch included. Plus for anyone who has been there in the summer, a half mile walk will leave you dripping. Winter can see major snow falls.

 

[jimboalee]

When I worked at Jaguar's Engineering Centre at Whitley, Coventry; the subcontract caterers were really taking the p155 with the prices they charged, so I walked half mile to the local ASDA for some roast chicken.
On my way across the car park, I would see some others getting in their cars. Guess where they were going?
At the tills, they were behind me.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

When I worked at Jaguar's Engineering Centre at Whitley, Coventry; the subcontract caterers were really taking the p155 with the prices they charged, so I walked half mile to the local ASDA for some roast chicken.
On my way across the car park, I would see some others getting in their cars. Guess where they were going?
At the tills, they were behind me.

Yep, there's people here that drive to the nearest Tesco which is half a mile away by the direct route through the industrial estate or all of three quarters of a mile if you go the pretty way round the lake ..