Oddly, the article seemed to overlook the most obvious elements of why it’s hard to shift that behavior: Driving around picking people up consumes precious mor

Oddly, the article seemed to overlook the most obvious elements of why it’s hard to shift that behavior: Driving around picking people up consumes precious morning time. In exchange, one sacrifices their bespoke commuting routine. That is, instead of getting to work in 40 minutes of listening to RPG podcasts with the window open in winter, I get there in an hour and fifteen while engaging in small talk and compromising on climate control. People don’t just forego carpooling because the costs Of driving are externalized; they forego carpooling because carpooling carries significant personal costs. Is there a reason these analysts couldn’t bother to include the element of “people don’t carpool because it sucks”?