Transportation Nation

Need a set of wheels, but don't want to commit to car payments? A couple of new Bay Area companies are connecting non-car owners with vehicles that are sitting unused in someone else's garage.

By relocating closer to mass transit, the company will be able to stand by its green values, as well as enjoy $100 million worth of tax credit.

More and more software developers are creating transportation apps to save you time, and hopefully money.

Cash-strapped cities look to raise millions, even billions, by privatizing their parking meters and garages. And even if your city keeps control of its parking spaces, rates could likely climb.

The number of short-air routes has declined 25 percent in the last five years because of high fuel prices and less business travel.

Major roads in Jakarta are reserved for cars with three or more passengers. So professionals in the Indonesian city pay "jockeys" to ride along with them.

They want to give the private sector a chance to complete the rail line.

The Port of Miami is undergoing construction to accommodate bigger ships. But having lost out on funding from President Obama's budget, port officials are now scrambling to find money elsewhere.

Even though a nice house out in the suburbs with a white picket fence is the prototypical American dream, a lot of home buyers are voting with their feet and choosing to live within walking distance of public transit.