The average travel time to work in the United States is 25.4 minutes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The map of Washington (see source page for webpage) below illustrates average commute times for neighborhoods, using darker color for a longer trip.

“New technology has worked best when helping people interact across time, rather than across space.” (Antonelli) Meaningful face-to-face interation is still the most important experience in work.

Individual work is already possible in transit. A new space can be made for collaboration in transit. It might be a place to connect into your work network on your own, with a colleague, with your team, or with professionals who work elsewhere; it would be a place of transition into your official work day. For off-site meetings, it could be a place to prepare your team for the meeting on the way. As public transit becomes an imperative, this space would accomodate more users and uses than just individual work.

The bus, and most transit options, are standard in their layout. This subway car seems to encourage some interaction with some facing seats.

The organization of transit cars seems to work well with individual work

Working in transit is not new, but the ability to access work information remotely has opened up new possibilities for working in transit.

Columbia College Chicago(professionals collaborating in an office setting)

Tiger Transit in Auburn(individuals working, reading, etc.)

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transitworksuse-material diagram acoustic panels:

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tubular steel bio-resin:

table edge detail (milled to prevent sliding objects and provide firm handholds)

molded plastic:http://www.diemmeoffice.com/sedute-visitatore-e-riunione/eon-stool/

http://www.3-form.com/materials/varia_ecoresin/http://spanish.alibaba.com/product-free/welded-stainless-steel-square-tubes-11866663.html

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Precedence exists for a transition space in the workplace. Herman Miller has developed several spaces whose organization and furniture reflect a certain activity.

Will Ready