It's already like that here, in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the past, heavy traffic was confined to the 7-8am and 4-6 pm time periods. Now it's pretty much all day, 6am-7pm. Crowded roads, lots of traffic, streets and malls full of people all day long. My younger daughter has worked flex-time and telecommuting for the last fifteen years, didn't make a difference when she was in Kansas, Texas or here as she did much of her work telecommuting. At her new job here, she works in the office two days, and telecommutes from home three days. Many of her co-workers have similar arrangements.
Streets seem more crowded at all times of the day now. People are not stuck in offices, they get out and around all day adding to day-long congestion. I remember in the past, my father commuting from SF to his job at Alameda Naval Air station - traffic flowed at 50mph across the Bay Bridge during rush hour. In the 1950s and 1960s that was considered heavy traffic, all lanes full but moving at 50mph. Now it's bumper to bumper much of the day. I have no solutions for what is happening, just commenting that there are more people now than before, and that's the cause of congestion.
>>It’s already like that here, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Well, its SF. Imagine what it would be like if all the people were all on the road at the exact same time? In my city, a lot of those mid-day drivers are service vehicles, retirees, and soccer moms. If the telecommmuters are hanging out in the mall all day, then I guess that’s why most businesses won’t permit it.
When I telecommute, I stay home because I have work to do. I might watch some TV, do some Amazon shopping, or watch a cat video or two—but I would do that at in the office too.