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		microtherion on April 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GM shuts down car-sharing service Maven As a customer of a Zipcar-like service, I notice that our own use has cratered: * No more use for e.g. extended trips, because there's nowhere to go. * Lots of exposed surfaces inside the car, and confined space compared to public transit, so there's an infection concern.

hhsuey on April 22, 2020 [–]

Yeah, I was actually thinking when the coronavirus started that ridesharing and carsharing would be unaffected as much. Public transportation seems to have 1000x the amount of people touching the same surfaces (e.g. turnstiles, doors, handlebars, etc...)

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