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  How To Double Your Car’s Fuel Economy Without Spending Any Money

  Hypermiling-the art of beating the fuel rating given to your car by the Environmental Protection Agency-has gone from a fringe hobby to a...

  by Zach Frechette 2

• News

  

  Convenience Is King

  You can take the train to work, but your office is still a mile away from the station. Might as well drive, right? How we can solve the...

  by Cliff Kuang 2

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  Transportation Innovation

  Joseph M. Sussman, an external adviser to the Department  of Transportation and professor at MIT, explains why the  stimulus isn't good enough...

  by Siobhan O'Connor 2

• Issue 015

  

  Sorry, Portland

  A primer on the best burgeoning bike scenes in North America In any list of the best biking cities on the continent, Portland, Oregon, would...

  by Eric Smillie 1

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  Get On the Bus

  For proof that buses can solve most of our mass-transit problems, look no further than Bogotá. Is there any less sexy form of transportation...

  by Aaron Naparstek 1

• News

  

  Sharing is Car-ing

  On the (financial) value of sharing. By Robin Chase, as told to Eric Steuer. Robin Chase founded Zipcar, the company that allows users to buy...

  by GOOD 1

• Issue 015

  

  Build a Better Bike

  If your commute is too long for pedal power, just add a little juice to your ride. By Jason Cozens, as told to GOOD I've been an on-and-off...

  by GOOD 1

• Issue 015

  

  I Dream of Light-rail

  Soon, neighborhoods and suburbs that used to take hours to drive between will be connected by subways, buses, and light-rail.  At least, that's...

  by Jordan Hruska +

• Issue 015

  

  Gallons to Go

  Knowing your car's miles per gallon isn't going to get you very far. Last summer, Richard Larrick and Jack Soll, professors at Duke's Fuqua...

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• Issue 015

  

  The End of the Roads

  We have as much road capacity today as we will ever need. In my efforts to get Portland, Oregon's Peak Oil Task Force, [which identifies...

  by Bryn Davidson +

• Issue 015

  

  Space Oddity

  We called a licensed Virgin Galactic travel agent to answer our burning questions about the company's pioneering space-tourism...

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• Issue 015

  

  Walk On

  A look at America's most pedestrian friendly cities Walking is arguably the most efficient mode of transportation, and you don't need petroleum...

  by GOOD +

• News

  

  The Electric Car Rides Again

  In his 2006 documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car?, the director Chris Paine attempted to get to the bottom of the case of the short-lived...

  by GOOD +

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  The Future Is Wow

  What if the techy transportation of sci-fi movies isn't as far-fetched as it seems? We asked Seth Shostak, scientist and film consultant, to rate...

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  Walking the Walk

  An overview of the truly moving stories of people who've walked across the country JOURNEYMAN: George Martin, former NFL player STARTING...

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• Technology

  

  The Building of a Battery

  The godfather of car batteries talks about the birth of the electric car. By John E. Waters, as told to Alissa Walker. John E. Waters knows a...

  by Alissa Walker +

• News

  

  Why Airborne Cars Won't Fly

  The car of the future still hasn't come to pass.

  by Andrew Price +

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  Call In the Designers

  In any field, designers have to synthesize competing interests to come to an elegant solution. Imagine what they could do to...

  by Geoff Wardle +