Tag: Driving
Think being a NASCAR driver isn’t as physically demanding as other...
Michael Reid, University of Florida
Imagine an NBA game played outdoors. In August. In Phoenix. Tip-off is at noon....
Federal gas tax holiday: Biden says it will provide ‘a little...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University; Erich Muehlegger, University of California, Davis; Sanya Carley, Indiana University, and Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
Sick of dangerous city traffic? Remove left turns
Vikash V. Gayah, Penn State
To reduce travel times, fuel consumption and carbon emissions, in 2004, UPS changed delivery...
Millennials drive for 8% fewer trips than older generations
Tom Lyon, University of Michigan; A. Wren Montgomery, Western University, and Kim Wolske, University of Chicago
CC BY-NDMillennials – typically defined as those born between...
5 charts show how your household drives up global greenhouse gas...
Morteza Taiebat, University of Michigan and Ming Xu, University of Michigan
As the public conversation about climate change gets increasingly serious, many Americans may be...
How old is too old to drive?
Alice Pomidor, Florida State University
When Britain’s Prince Philip crashed his Land Rover into another vehicle on Jan. 17, 2019, many people were surprised that...
‘Traveling while black’ guidebooks may be out of print, but still...
Cotten Seiler, Dickinson College
In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri.
Modeled after the international advisories...
Are autonomous cars really safer than human drivers?
Peter Hancock, University of Central Florida
Much of the push toward self-driving cars has been underwritten by the hope that they will save lives by...
EXPLORING NATURE
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already...
Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend...
