Cars

Cars have gotten much safer. Maybe we could start treating firearms the same way?

New research finds the ride-sharing service is more of a complement to public transportation than a substitute.

Ethanol won't save us from oil dependence—or climate change.

According to researchers, air pollution kills thousands in the city every year.

Because of Volkswagen's deceptive actions, 10.7 million defective vehicles were sold to customers around the world.

The effect of lax federal fuel standards on the climate fight depends largely on the fate of the California waiver.

A woman takes a picture while riding her bike during a car-free day in Bogotá, Colombia, on February 1st, 2018.

What Google Street View images tell us about our neighborhoods—and ourselves.

New research finds Californians who buy a fuel-efficient car often purchase a bigger, less environmentally friendly second vehicle.

A new study seems to suggest so.

A number of little actions can go a long way.

Gas is crazy cheap. Car sales are through the roof. So why isn’t taxpayer support for mass transit tanking?

A Chinese study finds people who pay more attention to what's bad about the world also get in more accidents.

As cities try to control their air pollution with driving bans, research finds citizens react by buying more cars, watching more television, and, sometimes, by driving less and contributing to lower pollution in their towns.

To understand the outrage over the Volkswagen scandal and recall, consider the meat industry.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

As folks gear up for end-of-summer road trips, Levi Tillemann makes the case for a synthetic market for automotive safety.

Economists find that trading in a used car bumps up the price of the new one you take home—by a lot.

A perfect combination of fear and overconfidence produces dangerous escalations of tiny incidents. The best course of action is to allow the guy flipping you the bird to drive right past.

Real transportation futurism looks more like a fleet of self-driving buses.

A combination of location, credit card fees, and brand: basically, nothing worth paying for.

The tools and methods have evolved over the decades, but the crime remains the same.

A pioneer large-scale study suggests the common strategy to get people riding public transportation does, in fact, work.

Lesley Evans Ogden takes a tour of seven cities on two wheels.