I can vividly picture Michael walking toward the car. He had longish blonde hair and was wearing a green military-looking jacket. I had never seen him before but the thought flitted through my mind with absolute clarity: I'm going to marry him.
I'd like to propose The Carpool Protocols, a manual that addresses the realistic needs of parents as they put their children in the care of others to share rides to and from common destinations.
In our 21st Century society, I'll be cautiously optimistic that a well-intentioned CPUC will recognize the value dynamic new smartphone apps such as SideCar bring to the table.
When it comes to working motherhood, it is the small things that break you. September seems to break me every year.
Drivers en route to New York City -- and those coming in on foot -- have long met at the George Washington Bridge before crossing from New Jersey into...
The quintessential dream of waking up on your sixteenth birthday to find a new car adorned with a big red bow parked in the driveway is now a thing of...
American Indian children, from the age of three on, are taught using a "talking stick" to practice the art of listening and respecting another's viewpoint. So why not try the same method in your carpool?
Today's commuting environment isn't just an unpleasant daily reality we have to resign ourselves to; it's a very real health hazard.
I reached Paris by train but there hit the buffers. The Gare d'Austerlitz was a cacophony of frustration. Madrid was the only clear airport in Europe and the cloud threatened even there.
Several years ago, I undertook a year-long experiment to minimize my personal waste. At the time, "no impact" wasn't a common term. I just wanted to see how waste-wise efficient I could be.
Chicago has the lowest rate of car pooling of any major U.S. urban area -- just 1.6 percent of Chicagoans car pool to work, down from 3.7 percent last...
Every weekday, between 6:00 and 9:30 in the morning, a stream of cars and a line of pedestrian commuters converge at a Safeway supermarket in the Rock...
In this third installment in our series of small changes that add up to big results, we survey what you can do during the next month to gradually gree...
Thanks to that handy series of tubes known as the Internet (thanks, Mr. Stevens) greening your commute is easier than ever. It's become increasingly s...
