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NOT. KRON4 NEWSPRINT
>> PAM: KRON4 MAUREEN KELLY
REPORT ON THE SUGGESTIONS
THAT COULD EASE THE
SUSPECTED GRIDLOCK.
>> REPORTER: COSTING THE
REGIONAL ECONOMY $73 MILLION
A DAY IN LOST WORKER
PRODUCTIVITY.
>>35:18 THAT WAS AT A TIME
WHEN KIDS WERE OUT OF
SCHOOL A LOT PEOPLE WERE ON
SUMMER TIME WE WERE LOOKING
AT CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS WE
THINK IT COULD BE MUCH MUCH
WORSE THIS TIME WE NEED TO
GET OUR ARMS AROUND THIS
BEFORE IT GETS IT'S ARMS
AROUND US
>> REPORTER:A POLL THEY
CONDUCTED LAST WEEK SHOWED
THAT 50% OF THE BART RIDERS
THEY TALKED TO WOULD GET
INTO THEIR CARS IF BART
WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB.
>>'THAT'S A REALLY BIG
SUMNER"
>> REPORTER:WHICH WOULD
TRANSLATE TO AN ADDITIONAL
200-THOUSAND CARS A DAY
CLOGGING THE ROADS.
>> REPORTER:SO TOGETHER WITH
THE METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
BUSINESS GROUPS SENT A
LETTER TO EMPLOYERS TO BE
CREATIVE THIS TIME AROUND.
BY LETTING THEIR WORKERS TO
TELE COMMUTE RATHER THAN
ALLOW FOR FLEX TIME SO
CLOGGING UP THE ROADS.
>>
32:02 OTHER THINGS YOU CAN
DO IT CANCEL OPTIONAL
MEETINGS THAT REQUIRE FACE