Because there is no way to eliminate person-to-person communication for medical treatment, leisure activities and shopping, many scholars doubt if it is possible to relieve transit congestion of a city now approaching three million.
除了電子通勤可能造成人與人之間的疏離，也由於它無法取代就醫、休閒、購物等需要「面對面」的溝通，因此，它能為一個將近三百萬人口的都市紓解多少交通問題，仍被大多數學者懷疑。