Atlantic Monthly

More Solo Drivers in the South, Northeast

Richard Florida takes a look at a recent report showing connecting solo commuters with location and comes up with an interesting demographic breakdown.
11 October 2009 - 1:00pm
Atlantic Monthly

The Rebirth of the Electric Car

In a bold move likened in this article to the Apollo program, General Motors is throwing everything it has into the development of the Volt, a revolutionary plug-in electric hybrid.
25 June 2008 - 11:00am
Atlantic Monthly

The Housing Bubble as a Social Phenomenon

In this excerpt from his forthcoming book, Subprime Solution, economist Robert J. Shiller writes of our tendency to succumb to "bubble thinking," and the role this has played in the current mortgage crisis.
24 June 2008 - 8:00am
Atlantic Monthly

Traffic Signs Driving Us to Distraction

Traffic signs on American roadways are so numerous and so distracting to drivers that they are having the opposite effect intended, writes John Staddon.
23 June 2008 - 10:00am
Atlantic Monthly

Slumburbs?

The recent phenomenon of housing abandonment in the suburbs is only the beginning: projections now estimate that by 2025 40% of large-lot homes will be standing vacant.
21 February 2008 - 1:00pm
Atlantic Monthly
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