Welcome to the most car dependent nation on earth. We've got enormous highways, sprawling suburbs, neglected public transit, and soaring rates of unhappiness as a direct result of this obligation to drive everywhere we go. But what if there was another way, a better way to get around, to be less dependent on gas guzzlers and other modes of transportation that contribute to climate change.I think there is, and it's hiding right under our noses. As transportation editor at The Verge, I have a few perks that c ...