More US commuters drive solo

Global-warming warnings have not dissuaded Americans from driving to work alone. In fact, their numbers have been rising.

Global warming may be the nation’s latest roadside attraction, but the American obsession with the carbon-spewing automobile still seems to be charging full speed ahead.

Seventy-seven percent of workers in the United States


The news comes amid growing hype about going green, in an age when climate change has become as common a conversation topic as its quotidian counterpart, the weather. It could indicate that when it comes to transit, Americans talk the talk, but