Cars

Urban areas are filled with cars, and this creates an unsafe environment for children. This commentary argues that officials need to regain their faith in the power of planning to address the issue.

Eduardo Porter traces the American preference for light trucks back to a tariff against frozen chicken back in 1961.

A recent study shows that about 60% of all trips into the urban core of Vancouver are not by car.

The State of California is considering a plan to allow pay-as-you-drive car insurance plans. Many hope the move will encourage less driving.

Colleges across the country are trying new incentive programs to get students to leave their cars behind when school starts.

Oklahoma City residents used to 70-mile commutes are turning to carpooling as gas hovers at $4 a gallon. But with the largest land area of any U.S. city, providing public transit remains a major challenge.

Household sewage is currently fueling cars in Sweden, and has for years. But Swedish industry has given up on the idea, investing in ethanol-based gasoline.

The New York Times looks across the nation and finds consumers reluctantly changing their habits to deal with rising gas prices.

Some planners hope that driverless car technology can finally put an end to traffic jams.

Production of bicycles is more than double the production of cars worldwide -- and the gap between the two vehicles is widening. Many see this as an indicator of the global shift towards encouraging bicycle use as a viable transportation option.

Assuming everything is fine in its long-time relationship with America, the car comes home to an unhappy surprise in this cartoon from Streetsblog.