[second--shift]

public transit.

No seriously - people aren't gonna not use their phones. But they will let someone ferry/train/bus/drive them while they use their phones (read, watch, create, etc.).

In the USA, when you force everyone to become a driver out of necessity, you get a lot of people who aren't interested in driving, driving on the shared road resource. If they had a viable alternative, they would use it instead - especially one that allowed them to keep using their phones while in transit.

[atoav]

I can observe this with myself. I have times where I want to use my commute to read a nice article, listen to a mix or a podcast, and then I tend to go by piblic transport