commute
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Californians definitely want a housing bill. Just not this one.
Something needs to be done to tackle California's housing crisis. But what?
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Get paid to make your commute awesome
Got an idea for how to make the daily trek less awful? This contest could make your dream come true.
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Walk to work — you’ll be happier
A recent study finds that people who walk to work or take the train are more satisfied than the rest of us. What do they know that we don't?
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Walk Score's new apartment finder lets you build your perfect commute
Sure, there's a tool for finding the apartment with, say, the most bars in walking range. But eventually you're going to need to go to work, and if your commute is miserable, even having a bar for every day of the month won't save you. (Though it'll help.) Luckily, the Walk Score guys have put together a new tool that lets you search for an apartment based on how long it'll take you to get there from work.
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Taking the subway: You're doing it wrong
It's supposed to be instead of your car.
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Your bike commute stories: The good, the bad, and the opossum
We asked you for your best and worst commuting stories. One lucky fan who responded got a gift card for $500 to her local bike shop. But why stop there? A lot of the tales were so good, we just had to share. So here are a few choice anecdotes from the world of bike commuting. Read on and ride on!
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Websites help you choose a walkable, low-commute home
Looking for an apartment involves a lot of guesswork — if you believe Craigslist, absolutely everything is "steps from shopping and transportation!" If you want to figure out how to maximize walkability and minimize commute, you have to actually schlep over there. Or, now, you could just hit the web. PadMapper integrates rental listings, Google maps, […]
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How commuting can ruin your marriage
At least in Sweden, people who have a long-distance commute are 40 percent more likely to separate or divorce. That’s the finding of Erika Sandow, a Swedish social geographer who studied more than two million partnered commuters for her dissertation work. Sandow acknowledges that there are career benefits to long commutes — people who are […]
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Air pollution hurts motorists more than cyclists
If the thought of sucking down bus exhaust has you hesitating to take up that bicycle commute, you're in luck: It turns out you're better off on two wheels than four, even if it means breathing more particulate matter. That's the finding of a study conducted in the Netherlands, comparing the lung function of car […]