There is a lack of emphasis on radial lines connecting regional business centers which conform to the current commuting pattern, and there is no commuter railway plan for the region.
This movement is part of a deferred commuting pattern in which the village and the city are both active spaces in people's personal and professional lives.
MANY companies that have opted out of the tight Midtown Manhattan market in favor of Greenwich and Stamford office space are attracting growing numbers of young city dwellers who are turning the traditional commuting pattern on its head.
[ image: /photos/590952b76552fa0be682c340] A commuting pattern first emerged in our data on Tuesday, June 11th, when bikers travelled to a central corridor, which begins in midtown Manhattan and moves south, through the Flatiron District and down to the Financial District.
Just past Stamford and Darien on the Metro-North Railroad, above the worst Interstate 95 traffic, and in an area where housing is more affordable, the Route 7 corridor in Norwalk, Mr. Gordon said, "has proven itself as a corporate destination with a better commuting pattern for employees".
In 1986, before the era of mobility and at the dawn of the PC era, he still observed "the classic diurnal flow" of the post-war commuting pattern, which had baby-boomers sitting in traffic jams at 8am and 5pm between the suburbs and the downtowns.
