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The restrictions on travel in China will be an interesting experiment in how much interurban travel is essential. My take would be that with modern communicati
by Merrill 7y ago
The restrictions on travel in China will be an interesting experiment in how much interurban travel is essential.
My take would be that with modern communications and IT infrastructure, there is actually very little need for interurban travel not associated with the movement of physical goods, i.e. not associated with truck drivers, rail crews, barge crews, air freight pilots, and so forth. Most other travel can be replaced by communications.
- dougb5 7y agoWhile much business travel may be inessential, family visits for Lunar New Year are surely essential for many people, so this is a tough time for such an experiment. I was surprised to learn that there are normally 3 billion passenger-journeys in China during the Lunar New Year period! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunyun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunyun).