According to urban planner Jeff Speck, designing cities for cars makes cities "crappy," but making a city walkable is no easy task.

How would you like to skip traffic on your way to work, and also be paid for it? A new project out of Stanford and backed by the U.S. Department of Transportation is experimenting with just that in an effort to reduce city congestion.

The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: Facebook can predict the stock market, U.S. traffic is down (but not on L.A.'s 405 freeway), and paying off loans with cash.

That accounts for about 1.9 billion gallons of gas.

The number of people who commute more than 90 miles for work has nearly doubled in many cities over the past 10 years.

Traffic jams are a nightmare in Russia. But for some high ranking officials, breaking free is as simple as turning on a light.

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Here's something that never happens in Los Angeles: a stretch of one of the busiest freeways will be shut down this weekend. So what's an Angeleno to do?

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