By Lily Meier | Bloomberg For Starbucks Corp., its primary home is Seattle. Yet its freshly minted chief executive officer isn’t living in the same city or even state as its headquarters — an emerging trend of top leaders living a plane ride away at a time when many employees are seeing less flexibility than … Read more
“Your husband does what?!” I heard this question so many times over the 10 years my husband, Ian, flew weekly from our home in Minneapolis to his job in New York City. It was 2010 when Ian was offered a dream job in NYC as the Head of Content at The Mill, a world-renowned visual … Read more
Road safety advocates say additional crosswalk precautions are needed at a busy high school intersection to keep students out of harm’s way. Their concerns persist even after the city of Cupertino installed a crossing guard at the beginning of the school year to keep foot and vehicle traffic flowing smoothly. Located near the southwestern edge … Read more
As it turns out, renting has become so expensive everywhere that living over 400 miles from your college and commuting by plane a few times a week is actually cheaper than living near campus. What a miserable world we live in. Anyway, Tim Chen, an economics student in his final year at the University of … Read more
BART is alerting travelers to delays and slower trips this holiday weekend because of stormy weather and the closure of the line between Richmond and Millbrae (red line) for maintenance work. From today through Monday, Presidents Day, riders coming from Millbrae should take the shuttle to SFO and transfer to the SFO-Antioch line, according to … Read more
Many of us find that we spend a considerable amount of time commuting in the chaos of our daily lives. Spending a lot of time traveling, whether it be through traffic, on crowded public transportation, or just covering large distances, can have a negative impact on our general well-being. Beyond the physical strain, there are … Read more
Photo: joe daniel price (Getty Images) Even with the proliferation of work-from-home employment during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, commuting is still a prominent part of society. Bloomberg’s Citylab explored how humanity’s cities have evolved and expanded as transportation has become faster over the past two centuries. I Need To Replace My Dying Volkswagen … Read more