Subdivided will play the USA Film Festival Sunday April 22nd @ 3pm
. And what a great group of folks they are by the way - really.

From the Wall Street Journal:

THE COSTS of Americans’ ever-expanding commutes might outweigh the benefits of the higher-paying job or the more prestigious house in the suburbs. Long commutes can increase loneliness and cut back social activities, undermining happiness.

The number of people who travel 90 minutes to work — deemed an “extreme commute” by the Census Bureau — has doubled since 1990, reaching 3.5 million.

Nine out of 10 commuters travel by car, and 88% of those drivers do so alone. Long periods in the car not only provoke loneliness, they reduce time for sleep, sports and socializing. …

This is another example of how design on the macro level is critical to democracy itself.