cars

If You Drive For a Living, Look for Another Career

Hamilton Nolan · 08/18/16 08:25AM

There is nothing wrong with planning for the future. If you are a cab driver, or a truck driver, or an Uber driver, now is the time to plan for what you will do when your job disappears. And for what we should do for you.

Are We in For a Dystopian Future of Endless Suburbs and Robot Cars? 

Hamilton Nolan · 06/20/16 01:20PM

If you are exactly like me, you live in a dense urban environment and assume that dense urban environments are the way of the future, and suburbs are dark hellpits full of enormous PetSmart outlets and molly-soaked teens. But perhaps this is incorrect?

New Stats Show Exactly Why Congestion Pricing Is a Great Idea for NYC

Andy Cush · 06/09/16 03:08PM

Yesterday, the New York City Department of Transportation released a report full of statistics about the ways in which people get around town, and how long it usually takes them to do so. Incidentally, these stats, taken together, present a pretty compelling argument in favor of a particular piece of legislation that was recently introduced in the state assembly.

Hamilton Nolan · 01/27/16 12:22PM

Thanks to cheap gas prices, a strong economy, and widespread availability of automobiles, it looks like American drivers drove more miles last year than ever before. A little bit of history in the making. Do you find this fact interesting? Do you enjoy driving? What is the best car, in your opinion?

This Old Man Went to the Market and Crashed into 9 Cars

Leah Finnegan · 02/17/15 06:55PM

An old man, 92, crashed into nine other cars while pulling out of his parking spot at the Piggly Wiggly in Mayville, Wisconsin on Friday. Apparently he had a medical emergency and lost control of his car but damn. Police say that he will not be ticketed for hitting NINE cars. Watch the car-nage above.