{"635611":{"#nid":"635611","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Atlanta\u2019s Car Economy, Stalled by Coronavirus, Tries to Shift Gears","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/patrick-mccarthy\u0022\u003EPatrick McCarthy\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Economics, was quoted in the article \u0026quot;Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s Car Economy, Stalled by Coronavirus, Tries to Shift Gears,\u0026quot; May 15, 2020 in the \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe article explored the myriad ways that the COVID-19 pandemic, which has stunted travel due to shelter-in-place orders, has affected businesses that deal directly or indirectly with car-based travel. McCarthy spoke to the potential implications of the shutdown and what businesses could be hit hardest.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThings are slowly starting to improve, according to local business owners interviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, but the prospect of a long-term economic downturn has some experts predicting the car industry will look much different once the pandemic is over.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The firms that are going to suffer the most are the ones that were on the edge at the beginning,\u0026rdquo; said Patrick McCarthy, a Georgia Tech professor who specializes in transportation economics. \u0026ldquo;Those firms are going to have a lot of trouble coming back.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-05-22 22:49:54","changed_gmt":"2020-05-22 22:50:08","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/business\/economy\/atlanta-car-economy-stalled-coronavirus-tries-shift-gears\/4DuTuJFuUlvw5exmVCfrJK\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66478":{"id":"66478","type":"image","title":"Patrick McCarthy","body":null,"created":"1449177169","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:49","changed":"1475894592","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:12","alt":"Patrick McCarthy","file":{"fid":"192550","name":"patrickmccarthy200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patrickmccarthy200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patrickmccarthy200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":84671,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/patrickmccarthy200x300_0.jpg?itok=eCYTAqrJ"}}},"media_ids":["66478"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167037","name":"school of economics"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}