John Addison at
Cleantech Blog offers a few case studies in flexible schedules:
In the Oil and Coal Age, everyone drove solo during gridlock hours to their one work location to toil over their designated machine. Now people are most effective working some days at one location, other times at home, others at a customer or supplier location. We are becoming increasingly flexible and mobile. We can take advantage of the new flexible workplace solutions to annually save hundreds of wasted hours, thousands of gallons of wasted gas, and pocket thousands of dollars.
The companies profiled - Applied Materials and Yahoo - use combinations of IRS transit benefits, shuttles, clean public transportation, telecommuting, cycling, and non-standard schedules to offer a working style that fits the needs of increasingly global, increasingly technologically-savvy workforce.
The results are not only fewer cars on the road and less congestion during peak times - resulting in less fuel consumption and a dramatic reduction in vehicle emissions - but an enormous employee benefit that can help attract and retain great workers.