Free Wi-Fi Will Save The Earth.

"{P}ervasive metropolitan wireless allows people to work wherever they happen to be, which means they're less likely to drive downtown or to the Eastside.

The city's study of the WiFi networks it currently has in place doesn't say much about reducing road congestion, but what it does say is encouraging:

Seattle Wi-Fi saves time, gas and road congestion. Over half the users in the survey (53.3%) answered that the presence of Seattle Wi-Fi had saved them driving. An additional 23 users (10.3%) said that it will save them driving in the future now that they know about Seattle Wi-Fi; two-thirds (69.5%) of these were first time users."

Via Seattlest. September 2, 2007 10:57 AM | TrackBack