With over $5/gallon of gas, perhaps one of the federal and state energy policies would be to help consumers reduce consumption..
A quick and dirty solution would be just to give companies a financial incentive to allow more employees to work from home more, so they don’t need to be on the road as much.
It’s not that far off from the reality. When I was in L.A. interning for a defense contractor, they gave an employee that wanted it a free coaster shuttle shuttle that would pick you up and drop you off to and from work. You didn’t need to pay for gas and time going back and forth between the office, which was like 45 minutes 1 way. L.A. did this as one of many ways to cut down on traffic congestion.
