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5. People have to get to work, and I don't think car pools and van pools are very healthy
Sat May 23, 2020, 08:15 AM
May 2020

and most people can't afford Uber/Lyft for their commutes, and certainly not healthy riding with a new driver on each trip, and perhaps one or more fellow passengers.

Yes I know more people will work from home than before, but many tens of millions won't.

And a big jump in cars on the road by people who formerly took public transit -- when the economy gets back to say 90% or more -- whenever that is ... well, we'll see what happens to road congestion. The righties keep claiming public transit increases road congestion, but I've always doubted it. I hate driving my car when stuck behind a bus, but then I think what if those 40 people were in say 20 cars, that would be a hell of a lot worse.

Not to mention greenhouse gas emissions ... but nobody cares about that anymore.

Didn't Hertz get any bailout money? gab13by13 May 2020 #1
Social distancing could be a boon to used car sales, Yahoo Finance, 5/22/20 progree May 2020 #2
Mass transit usage needs to be re evaluated MichMan May 2020 #3
People have to get to work, and I don't think car pools and van pools are very healthy progree May 2020 #5
I would rather put up with road congestion than getting a infectious disease MichMan May 2020 #6
Many people don't have a choice gab13by13 May 2020 #8
Yes, parking fees - eats up at least one hour of wages of a low wage worker per day progree May 2020 #11
Just because an area is urban doesn't mean the risk is greater...seems like outbreaks are booming... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #13
They somehow manage in Japan Steelrolled May 2020 #19
The pandemic is creating structural changes in our entire economy.... paleotn May 2020 #4
Yes, big structural changes that will be permanent are in the works. machoneman May 2020 #15
The average family is expected to save for retirement or emergencies. rickford66 May 2020 #7
The large corporations got bailed out, gab13by13 May 2020 #9
Yeah Proud liberal 80 May 2020 #10
According to their Q1 financials melm00se May 2020 #18
It's Worse Than That ProfessorGAC May 2020 #23
Why are these companies going bankrupt so early on? Scalded Nun May 2020 #12
No, they see the wave of bad news not only for 2020 but well beyond that. machoneman May 2020 #16
They've Got A Billion In Cash ProfessorGAC May 2020 #24
A legendary "underdog" advertising campaign Marcuse May 2020 #14
That hurts. C Moon May 2020 #17
Seriously? what'd they do with that BIG TAX CUT trump gave them in 2017, 2018, & 2019. nt iluvtennis May 2020 #20
Stock buy backs Raine May 2020 #21
Yep. But guess greed prevented them from selling some stocks to take profits and put iluvtennis May 2020 #26
More Than $20 Billion in Debt ProfessorGAC May 2020 #22
Wow. nt iluvtennis May 2020 #25
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