{"product_id":"door-to-door-the-magnificent-maddening-mysterious-world-of-transportation-isbn-9780062372086","title":"Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Garbology explores the hidden and costly wonders of our buy-it-now, get-it-today world of transportation, revealing the surprising truths, mounting challenges, and logistical magic behind every trip we take and every click we make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransportation dominates our daily existence. Thousands, even millions, of miles are embedded in everything we do and touch. We live in a door-to-door universe that works so well most Americans are scarcely aware of it. The grand ballet in which we move ourselves and our stuff is equivalent to building the Great Pyramid, the Hoover Dam, and the Empire State Building all in a day. Every day. And yet, in the one highly visible part of the transportation world—the part we drive—we suffer grinding commutes, a violent death every fifteen minutes, a dire injury every twelve seconds, and crumbling infrastructure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, the way we move ourselves and our stuff is on the brink of great change, as a new mobility revolution upends the car culture that, for better and worse, built modern America. This unfolding revolution will disrupt lives and global trade, transforming our commutes, our vehicles, our cities, our jobs, and every aspect of culture, commerce, and the environment. We are, quite literally, at a fork in the road, though whether it will lead us to Carmageddon or Carmaheaven has yet to be determined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing interviews, data and deep exploration of the hidden world of ports, traffic control centers, and the research labs defining our transportation future, acclaimed journalist Edward Humes breaks down the complex movements of humans, goods, and machines as never before, from increasingly car-less citizens to the distance UPS goes to deliver a leopard-printed phone case. Tracking one day in the life of his family in Southern California, Humes uses their commutes, traffic jams, grocery stops, and online shopping excursions as a springboard to explore the paradoxes and challenges inherent in our system. He ultimately makes clear that transportation is one of the few big things we can change—our personal choices do have a profound impact, and that fork in the road is coming up fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoor to Door is a fascinating detective story, investigating the worldwide cast of supporting characters and technologies that have enabled us to move from here to there—past, present, and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis eye-opening book unpacks the complex systems that define modern life, revealing:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Hidden World of Logistics:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the grand ballet of goods movement—from the global journey of a single cup of coffee to the miles UPS travels to deliver a leopard-printed phone case.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCar Culture’s True Cost:\u003c\/b\u003e Uncover the staggering reality behind our daily commutes, where a violent death occurs every fifteen minutes on roads we can no longer afford to maintain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Power of the Shipping Container:\u003c\/b\u003e Learn how a simple steel box quietly conquered the globe, enabling the age of outsourcing and reshaping the worldwide flow of every product you buy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Coming Mobility Revolution:\u003c\/b\u003e Look ahead to a fork in the road where driverless cars, ride-sharing, and new technologies will transform our cities, our jobs, and our lives forever.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn ways both glaringly obvious and deeply hidden, thousands, even millions, of miles are embedded in everything we eat, sell, buy, drive, and touch. The capacity to transport a big-screen TV, a vital medicine, or a coffee cup from a factory in Shanghai to a port in California, then on to your local store or front door may be humanity’s most towering achievement. Yet the same system delivers grinding commutes, a death every fifteen minutes, an ER trip every thirteen seconds, and crumbling, overloaded roads, rails, and bridges we can no longer afford to make or fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed journalist Edward Humes unpacks the epic amount of transportation included in a day in the life of a modern American family as he constructs a transportation detective story that reveals the surprising triumphs behind every trip we take and every click we make. \u003cem\u003eDoor to Door\u003c\/em\u003e offers a glimpse of a possible future transformed by such new efficiencies as ride-sharing and robots, while examining a very real present where transportation is one of the few big things individuals can change—where personal choices can have a profound impact as that fork in the road fast approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Humes takes readers on a million mile journey that crosses intersections of public policy, mega-corporations, local communities, and ends up at the kitchen counter. By looking across an entire system, he reveals the true impact of our consumer-driven, next-day-delivery economy and the (lack of) infrastructure that ties it all together. Door to Door is a must read for those who want to understand and solve the biggest social challenges of our day.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRob Kaplan, Cofounder \u0026amp; Managing Director, Closed Loop Fund and Former Director of Sustainability, Walmart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this groundbreaking work, Ed Humes shows that we could have fast, reliable and incredibly safe transport, if we only had the political guts to choose it. Hopefully, this fascinating work will prompt long overdue changes. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamuel Fromartz, editor-in-chief of the Food \u0026amp; Environment Reporting Network, and author of the award-winning In Search of the Perfect Loaf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Humes takes us inside the mammoth transportation systems that move things, and move us, around.  Door to Door is an eye-opening account of the massive physical systems that support our increasingly digital world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Florida, author of the Rise of the Creative Class, University of Toronto \u0026amp; NYU professor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“So much effort goes to moving our bodies and our stuff around. And as this book makes very clear, it could be done so much better! A fascinating read, from the center of the world’s car culture” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill McKibben, author Deep Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This timely book will inspire many readers to change their habits and their views of the future.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like “Silent Spring” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” “Door to Door” is a rallying point for culturewide change. Hume’s tireless curation of figure and fact, his well-reasoned arguments and his uncluttered, well-ordered prose may turn the ship that’s just begun to budge.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Roach, the New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888276533477,"sku":"NP9780062372086","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062372086.jpg?v=1730228700","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/door-to-door-the-magnificent-maddening-mysterious-world-of-transportation-isbn-9780062372086","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}