I think we're going to see a lot of people working from home, companies switching to 4-day work weeks, and (already seeing it around here) people just not being able to afford to drive to work. Like Connie said, most places here in America have crappy to no public transportation, and lifestyles here are so "rush rush" and things are inconvenient...it's really hard to do without a vehicle in most parts of the country.

It seems to me the folks hurting most right now are the ones making min. wage, mostly in retail, and when they stop showing up to work, businesses can't function.

Here in Charlotte we recently got light rail, but...it goes along only one street that is already a very good, straight shot into town even if you drive, so most of the city doesn't benefit. I think even when it's done it will still just go up the same street on the other side of town. You have to work uptown, and you have to live close enough to the one street it goes back and forth on to get any use out of it. zzzzzzzzzzzz.....great idea, city council.

My job is 38 miles one way - I've recently started carpooling with a co-worker and we each are saving two full tanks per month. As one of the guilty ones with a big-@$$ truck, I can't complain - I chose to buy it, I love my truck (hey this is North Carolina...) and I won't give it up. But thankfully I do well enough that it's not hurting financially yet, especially with the carpool, and I can work from home frequently.

My wife has a small car that is much cheaper to drive, and we use that for all of our errands and weekends, etc. And with the way people drive around here, there's no way in hell I'd take a bike out. :)

It will be interesting to see how things play out as it trickles down to affect more things...and we'll see more companies of all sizes scramble to figure out how they can leverage the 'net and other technologies to create more virtual offices.