N.J. commuting will change forever as state slowly reopens. Here's what to expect.

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N.J. commuting will change forever as state slowly reopens. Here’s what to expect.
Commuting, transit agencies and highway traffic will be affected by how and where employees work, with those continuing to work from home being the biggest game changer, experts told NJ Advance Media.

Larry Higgs
nj.com (TNS)
Jun 1st, 2020



What will a post-coronavirus commute be like when New Jersey reopens? Nothing like the traffic and transit crowding we saw before the pandemic, experts said.

Commuting, transit agencies and highway traffic will be affected by how and where employees work, with those continuing to work from home being the biggest game changer, experts told NJ Advance Media.

COVID-19 non-essential worker restrictions increased the number of employees working remotely to 60% of the workforce, said Bill Castellano, a professor in the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations and a former Wall Street human resources executive.

Castellano expects some of those work-from-home orders will remain even when travel restrictions are lifted, while other companies will experiment with staggering work hours or work weeks, he said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey already tried that, rotating office hours where one-third of staff is in-office at any given time while the other two-thirds work from home. ...........(more)

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