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De-icing salts help us get around in winter, but they corrode cars, crack roads and contaminate rivers and lakes. Scientists are working to develop better options by imitating natural antifreezes.
Electric cars get a lot of hype, but what really matters for the climate are excess emissions from the many millions of gasoline vehicles still sold each year.
Keeping windows open while driving at a moderate speed can increase airflow inside the cabin of the car, but which ones should you keep open?
Batteries that can be fully charged in just five minutes may soon be a reality.
A recent US study found tyre chemicals were polluting rivers and poisoning migratory salmon.
A person who exercises, attends sporting events as a spectator and takes their kids to the oval or swimming pool will create 935 kg of CO₂ per year if using their car.
Over the approaching holidays, people around the world will want to travel to see friends and family. Getting tested for the coronavirus can make this safer, but testing alone is not a perfect answer.
Life cycle assessments of electric vehicles show that they cannot fully eliminate the greenhouse gas emissions of personal travel. We also need bikes, buses and trains to solve our climate problems.
Staff and customers with underlying health conditions are likely to be most at risk at drive-through windows.
One in five now work exclusively from home in the UK. But remote workers still drive about as often as commuters – though for different reasons.
Drivers with long commutes who rarely charge their plug-in hybrid car are likely to emit much more CO₂ than official test figures suggest.
New bike lanes are a good idea for health and air quality, but the convenience of car travel for most journeys will remain.
As the recent wave of Black Lives Matter protests have shown many people, racial bias, prejudice and discrimination very much still exist, but have become increasingly subtle and complex.
It seems likely we are going to need radical reductions in future ownership of private vehicles as we transition to cleaner transport.
City streets were built to accommodate cars, but the COVID-19 pandemic has scrambled our transport needs. Many cities are moving to make streets more people-friendly and less car-centric.
Without plastic shielding between seats or more efficient engines, the environmental benefits of public transport are lost.
New research reveals how roads channel microplastics from car tires and brake pads to remote ocean habitats.
Drivers and cyclists develop distinct identities of themselves and others in ways that mirror the formation of ethnic identities. And on-road segregation runs the risk of reinforcing this process.
The pandemic has forced many people to shift from public transport to car travel. But is this likely to be permanent?
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