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Fewer people are going into the office, but a higher percentage of those that are going in are driving instead of taking mass transit. The level of traffic rem
by dml2135 4y ago
Fewer people are going into the office, but a higher percentage of those that are going in are driving instead of taking mass transit.
The level of traffic remains the same because the biggest incentive against driving is the traffic. Therefore, the traffic will always remain at the highest tolerable level, unless additional disincentives (such as congestion pricing) are introduced. This is commonly known as induced demand.
- ghaff 4y ago>a higher percentage of those that are going in are driving instead of taking mass transit I can believe that. I think I've only taken the train in once. (Not because I was avoiding it but because it didn't align with my schedule.) And there were a fair number of empty seats at the point it would have probably have been standing room only pre-pandemic. But sample size of one and this was a number of months ago. That said, my overall observation is that things are probably closer to back to normal than in some tech industry bubbles.
- b112 4y agoWell, the type of job you can work from home at, is limited. Only a small minority of people are working from home. Think of all the trades(mechanics, construction, plumbing, builders, etc). Think of all retail workers. Think of manufacturing. That's already well more than 1/2 the jobs out there, and there are more. I would be surprised of more than 10% of people, are wfh.