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The Economics of the Office: Why Do We Still Commute?

The personal computer was supposed to kill the office and liberate us from hellish commutes to the city. But the average American commute has only increased since then. Could virtual reality finally change that?

Greg Rosalsky

Economics

How Defining a Metropolitan Statistical Area Promotes Poverty

A metro only exists for those who can afford to commute.

Jim Russell

Social Justice

Mothers and Low-Wage Workers Suffer the Most From Long Commutes

Lessons from a new report on the work weeks of America's 30 largest cities.

Francie Diep

Environment

Self-Driving Cars Won’t Fix Our Transit Woes

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

Susie Cagle

News in Brief

Why Trains Shouldn’t Be Better Than Buses

And why, in America, it probably doesn't even matter.

Jake Blumgart

Economics

City as Suburb

Who are the world's mega commuters and what effect are they having on the cities they live and work in?

Jim Russell

Social Justice

Underground Demography: Race, Class, and the Subway Systems of Large U.S. Cities

Despite social class segregation in housing, people of vastly different economic circumstances are likely to share the same subway car, at least for a few stops.

Jay Livingston

Economics

How to Revive the Motor City: Build Bikes

Zak Pashak's company is trying to bring the manufacturing tradition to Detroit, but instead of cars, they're making commuter bikes.

Bill Bradley