Woman Sues Employer Over Commute Anxiety
A woman who says busy roads cause her anxiety is suing a former employer who refused to change her
schedule to avoid rush-hour traffic.
The woman's lawsuit against Fulton Financial Corp.
says she "began to feel great anxiety and depression, which was especially aggravated by crowded roadways experienced during the heavy traffic of rush hour." Although her suit says this was considered a medical condition that qualified her as being disabled, Fulton denied her a work shift that would allow her to come in after the morning rush hour and prior to the evening rush.
Northwest Cable News has the rest of the story.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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Commuting stats on Spokane:
http://www.towncharts.com/Washington/Economy/Spokane-County-WA-Economy-data.html#Figure23
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