People going to places is no the problem. The problem is the peak demand. (Eg. usual commute. Rush hour.) It'd be much much better if people were spending all

People going to places is no the problem. The problem is the peak demand. (Eg. usual commute. Rush hour.) It'd be much much better if people were spending all that fuel on traveling with friends to anywhere else. (Or just going to events/festivals.) ... That said remote work without any IRL interaction is definitely psychologically unhealthy. But! Doing a twice monthly sprint rollover or whatever means a qualitatively different kind of transit than the daily commute.