hitchhiking

So did you hear the one about the young British idealist, the one who subscribes to the Freeconomy movement, which says the world would be much better off if we didn't spend money and just shared stuff with each other? Well, this guy, Mark Boyle, decided he would walk all the way from England to...

NPR reported recently on a phenomenon that I, not living in an area with high-occupancy vehicle lanes on the highways, knew nothing about. Apparently, for many years an informal protocol has developed to match willing commuters with drivers who need a passenger in order to qualify to use the...

For those wishing to cut living expenses to the bone, transportation remains a huge hurdle. For thousands of years, hitchhiking has been a convenient answer. However, in our paranoia-driven age, thumbing a ride isn't as easy or as safe as it once was. To overcome this hurdle, a new web service,...