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Posted by Handbrake on Tue Dec 8 18:38:19 2020, in response to Re: Why the vaccine won't do much for transit ridership, posted by DieselBusFan on Wed Dec 2 16:11:30 2020. **'Working from Home' was a trend that started years ago as computers and telecommunications made major advancements. But COVID-19 greatly accelerated this trend. Folks just will not want to make long commutes anymore. Maybe folks will just have to report in to the office once or twice a week. I am 100% railfan, but I think the days of major rail commuting are now gone. And I think it will be a while before local transit ridership recovers. I hope that this is not the case, but are discontinuances now on the horizon?**Spot on. COVID-19 just accelerated the Work At Home industry. Reduced floor space, utilities, and overhead to maintain "office" facilities. The MTA, where to obtain the OK to work from home required a near Papal dispensation, has become routine today, and will continue in some format at reducing the need to continue to rent non MTA property office space. I don't believe that NYCT will see another 6 Million passenger carrying day again for a very long time, if at ever. First it was the automobile that proceeded to help erode mass transit. Today it has has becoming the computer, and wireline/wireless telephone connection that will erode it even further. I have past work acquaintances that work at a prominent New York telecommunication corporation who have not been to the "office" for over twelve years. A continuum of the industrial revolution. |
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