If you have to get from point A to point B, you begin to second-think any sort of situation where you’re going to be crammed into a bus or crammed into a train or subway.

Brian Roberts, Lyft’s finance chief, on why the ride-hailing service just recorded its “single biggest week in our history” as COVID-19 prompts people to opt for more private forms of transportation to avoid large crowds of people and germs. (Business Insider — March 4, 2020)