The rental car industry is taking a swan dive while the airlines are struggling to stay in the air, mass transit is doing it's best to locate the Holy Grail of workable social distancing for passengers and drivers, and you will nor believe what one airline says you have to do before using the lavatory in flight....

Spacex and NASA make history with the first commercial manned reusable rocket, the CDC says cars are better than mass transit, and an airline CEO flies a competitor and makes a friend.

Mass transit is the key to reopening the economy but there are still a lot of kinks to be ironed out to follow social distancing guidelines. Also up this week, airlines appear to be booking flights that will never take off and United Airlines is turning their resources to make passenger masks a new way.

What is going to happen now that the Department of Transportation Inspector General has been fired? Also on tap, how Covid-19 is changing the car culture and boosting bicycles as well as the return of high speed rail as a possible economic boon.

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk threatens California when they try to stop him from re-opening the only car manufacturer left in the Golden State. Also up, United Airlines has not taken the social distancing guidelines to heart which is frightening passengers, and staff on cruise ships marooned at sea because of the pandemic are trying to find a way back home.

This week's episode: masks are the new look on planes and in airports, what other changes are being wrought by Covid-19 in public transit, and a big giant yard that used to house Boeing Super Max planes is for sale - cheap.

Even though there are fewer passengers on airliners these days, the TSA is finding it's job more difficult and dangerous than ever. Also on tap, U.S. car manufacturers are struggling to find a way to re-open safely while local governments try to reconcile the advantages of fewer cars on the streets with the resulting loss of revenue.

The New York subway system says they are not to blame for the high rate of Coronavirus infection in NYC. If that is true, why are so many of it's employees sick? Also on tap, truckers face the odds and keep our country's life blood moving while speeders take advantage of less congested roadways with some tragic results.

One transportation industry sector is booming while all others are dealing with Coronavirus shrinkage: Space Travel! Also on deck, what airlines are carrying now that the passenger trade is in lockdown and what to do if you need an airline refund.

President Trump hints that an airline bail out might be on the way as U.S. carriers fight to stay in the skies while Covid-19 eviscerates the airline industry. Also on tap, essential mass transit drivers are getting sick on the pandemic front lines, and cruise ships with full compliments of passengers are stuck at sea indefinitely as ports refuse to let them dock because of the global contagion.