Latest ploy to get people to leave the car at home: free showers
For those people who would like to walk, run or cycle themselves to work while leaving the car sitting quietly in the garage, the Holiday Inn in Sutton, South London, has something you may be interested in: free showers. Now, there's no longer any worry that you'll be too hot and sweaty to do your job, or so they hope. Obviously, this scheme won't be of any help to those who don't live in the area, and it's being made available only to those people who are employed by a member of the Sutton Town Centre Business Travel Network. A business card will be required as proof of such employment. This new ploy was devised by Smarter Travel Sutton along with the Transport for London. We can't see this scheme helping all that much, but at least it should prove useful to a few people. Fortunately, we wouldn't imagine that it's eating up too much of the £5 million budget the team has to work with.[Source: What Car?]
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Luke 8:22AM (9/04/2008)
This is useful information, just in case I ever bike to Sutton, South London while employed by a member of the Sutton Town Centre Business Travel Network.
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TX CHL Instructor 11:24AM (9/04/2008)
I worked for a company that provided showers. Unfortunately, the commute was 32 miles...
Now that I'm close enough to bike to work, the company I currently work for does not have showers. Oh, well.
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GenWaylaid 4:17AM (9/05/2008)
In my cost/benefit analysis, any commuting option that requires me to shower multiple times per day is a losing choice. Seriously, this is the 21st century. Can't we develop some kind of advanced hot-towel technology for freshening up without getting naked at work?
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gbg 1:58AM (10/06/2008)
Looks like a promising business opportunity. Lots of helpful information.
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ViSalus 9:33AM (10/14/2008)
A business card will be required as proof of such employment. We can't see this scheme helping all that much, but at least it should prove useful to a few people.
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Extenze 8:23AM (10/25/2008)
Realy nice post your blog is really helpfull for Latest ploy to get people to leave the car at home.
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