It might seem like we spend forever on the road to work and back, but the economy has kept commute times down. ->

Of the 311,591,917 people who live in the United States, 128.3 million commute to work every day. More than 75 percent do it by driving alone in a car. A mere .38 percent (488,000) ride bikes. But if Joe Q. Public knew just how cool these new self-propelled commuting tools have become, perhaps thos...

A new bicycle prototype from the design firm of jruiter + studio redefines what an urban bike looks like, using simplicity as the guiding principle behind their Inner City Bike. "It is about simplicity in design. The Inner City Bike is the ultimate stripped away piece. So stripped even the chain is...