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The future of commuting
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May 11, 2016
Highways gutted American cities. So why did they build them?
A story of highway engineers, institutional racism, and the auto industry.
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August 10, 2015
The real reason American public transportation is such a disaster
Canada has twice as much transit as the US. Why?
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July 7, 2015
These startups want to do for buses what Uber did for taxi rides
Would you book a bus ride with your smartphone?
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June 22, 2015
Long commutes make you fat, tired, and miserable
But there's a surprising way to make them a little less unbearable.
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June 12, 2015
Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation system totally fails them
An overlooked cost of suburban sprawl.
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May 29, 2015
Fewer than 4% of Americans walk or bike to work. Here's how to change that.
How narrowing lanes and killing cul-de-sacs can make places more walkable.
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May 22, 2015
How suburban sprawl hurts the poor
Limited transit means there's no option for people who can't afford to drive.
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May 18, 2015
The "fundamental rule" of traffic: building new roads just makes people drive more
Why we can't build our way out of our traffic problems
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May 15, 2015
Bike share users are mostly rich and white. Here's why that's hard to change.
Lots of low-income people bike — but not necessarily because they want to.
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May 15, 2015
Biking or walking to work will make you happier and healthier
And driving is the worst choice you can make.
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May 7, 2015
The real story behind the demise of America's once-mighty streetcars
It wasn't a GM-driven conspiracy.
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May 5, 2015
The internet might transform commuting more than the self-driving car
5 million people work at home every day — a number that keeps on rising.
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May 1, 2015
Young people are driving less than their parents. But why?
It's just not the recession — it's something else.
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April 29, 2015
Introducing the Future of Commuting: a new series
The 51 minutes you spend traveling to work and back reveal a lot about the world around us.
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April 29, 2015
The utter dominance of the car in American commuting
76 percent of US workers drive to work alone.