The number of people spending more than one hour per day commuting to work fell by 206,000 in 2007, according to TUC analysis of official statistics released today. The TUC analysis - produced to coincide with Workwise UK’s Commute Smart week this week - of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows a fall of one per cent from 2006, from 21.9 per cent (5,517,000 people) to 20.9 per cent (5,311,000 people) of employees undertaking commuter journeys of longer than one hour. The drop in commute times follows a campaign to promote smarter working by the WorkWise UK coalition, which includes the TUC, the CBI, Transport for London and other leading organisations. Smarter working includes working from home, flexi-time schemes and other ways of escaping from the ‘9 to 5′ rat race while still doing your job.
 
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28 October 2008
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