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NEWS ABOUT: commuting

commuting stories: 8 news summaries

Drivers Call LA Commute Nation's Most 'Painful'  

City tops IBM's 'commuter pain index'

Sep 4, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angelenos may have fun in the sun, but they suffer the worst commutes, Reuters reports. An IBM survey of 4,446 motorists found that LA commuters ranked their morning drive highest on a "commuter pain index," which measures traffic, stress, anger, and other factors. Though Los Angeles... More »

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Minneapolis • San Francisco • Chicago • Atlanta • New York • Dallas • Miami • Los Angeles • commute • commuting • drivers • Minneapolis-St. Paul

(Newser) - More and more US companies are setting up shop in suburban areas far from urban centers in a trend known as “job sprawl,” USA Today reports. Though urban jobs increased overall from 1998-2006, a Brookings Institution report shows the share of employment opportunities within 3 miles of downtown... More »

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employment • recession • transportation • commuting • suburbs • job • metropolitan areas • job sprawl

US Slow to Hop On Global Biking Boom

Countries that encourage self-propelled commuting see benefits instantly

Aug 31, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US remains uninspired by nations that have prodded people to save money by biking to work, the Washington Post reports. Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands installed infrastructure years ago to benefit bikers and discourage cars, but America—along with Canada, Australia, and Britain—have not. "It is very... More »

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pollution • traffic • bikes • bicycling • commuting • green transportation • cars

OPINION

Where Will Cost of Gas Drive Us?

NYT writers ruminate on what the effects of spiraling prices will be

Jun 29, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - How does really expensive fuel affect you? The New York Times Op-Ed page asked 10 writers to ruminate on that question, and the responses are all over the map:
  • The lure of staying home could have workers demanding tax changes that benefit telecommuters, thinks Nicole Belson Goluboff.
  • Say
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biking • public transportation • gas prices • commuting • tax breaks • suburbs • energy costs

San Francisco, Seattle Top US Fittest Cities List

Los Angeles trails in measures of healthy living, environment

May 30, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco has narrowly edged out Seattle for the distinction of being America's fittest big city, says a new study released by the American College of Sports Medicine. Judging 16 large metropolitan areas on factors ranging from exercise frequency and fruit intake to the availability of parks and public transportation,... More »

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San Francisco • Boston • Detroit • Los Angeles • public health • Seattle • exercise • healthy eating • fitness • commuting • parks • American College of Sports Medicine

 $4 Gas Driving
 San Franciscans
 From Cars 

Sky-high milestone boosts mass transit numbers

Apr 18, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bay Area is used to being on the cutting edge, but becoming the first to pay $4 for a gallon of gas is a milestone San Francisco could do without, the Chronicle reports. Prices are expected to nudge past the mark next week—but many Bay Area residents have... More »

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California • San Francisco • transit • gas prices • commuting

Jet-Setting Governor Irks Californians

Critics question Schwarzenegger's daily polluting commute

Mar 7, 08 7:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Californians are complaining about a governor who rarely spends a night in the state capital and dirties the air with almost daily commuter flights on a private jet, reports the Los Angeles Times. Arnold Schwarzenegger spends most nights at the family home in Brentwood in southern California. Critics say spending... More »

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California • pollution • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Sacramento • commuting • governor • private jet

The New English Commute: via the Channel

UK buyers say oui oui to working in London, living in France

Oct 3, 07 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Independent reports on the rise of a new phenomenon of Britons commuting to work in London—from France. Middle-class buyers, priced out of "character" English homes and stuck in cookie-cutter subdivisions, are increasingly purchasing properties in Normandy and other parts of France's north—where prices are as much... More »

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France • Eurostar • Britain • commuting

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