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Post-COVID, Workers Say They Still Won’t Want to Drive

32 percent of Americans said they’d prefer to ditch their commutes altogether and work from home every day.
About 40 cars occupy five lanes of highway in crawling traffic that stretches off to the horizon..
Traffic congestion on I-93 in downtown Boston. I-93 is one of the state's biggest sources of air pollution, and a major source of regional traffic congestion.
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