Re: Off Topic: Some random thoughts...
- Posted by irv May 16, 2020
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To be serious, this has set the idea of public transportation back significantly. I worked for a major rapid transit authority, and I know that getting people to willingly ride trains isn't easy in the best of times. If anything this will result in more people buying their own cars.
Yes, planes are taking off nearly full in some cases, which is bad, but that's because the number of available flights have been cut back. For example, Atlanta had 9.6 million passengers in March 2019, only 4.6 million in March 2020. Airlines will only go bankrupt more quickly if they try to fly half-full planes. The alternate would be to double the fares.
I know that AOC wants these changes to be permanent, but this "trial run" we're experiencing right now has not helped sell the idea to the public.
And I'm still missing food that I can identify.
