Biking to Work (Chicago, IL)
In an ambitious commute attempt, host Will Durst rides to the heart of Chicago's Loop on a borrowed mountain bike from Cozy's Cyclery. Accompanied by a group of bike-to-work enthusiasts who make the 6.5 mile trek to work in all kinds of weather, Livelyhood huffs and puffs its way to the water cooler. The Chicago Cycling Club guides Durst as he discovers some secret bike paths and main streets, not to mention a totem pool, a camel in the zoo, a real working farm, the famous Drake Hotel, Chicago's Gold Coast, the Pump Room, Tompkin's Square, The Improv, Michael Jordan's Restaurant, The Wrigley Building, Daley Plaza and the Chicago El...all on the way to work. The ride ends just outside City Hall, where hundreds of bicyclists gather for free coffee, bagels, and a commemorative t-shirt.

Carpooling to Work (San Francisco and Oakland, CA)
The Carpool lane...It's one of the only things in life that is still free. In this segment, Livelyhood host Will Durst asks, "Why don't more people take advantage of the Carpool lane?" Perhaps because it's hard to find two other riders who won't spill on your car's fake leather interior. Will "because I'm the host that's why" Durst kidnaps two co-workers and cruises the Carpool lane in Livelyhood's rush hour experiment -- Is it possible to drive from Oakland to downtown San Francisco in under twenty minutes? So long, single lane, we're on the carpool to nirvana...

Riding the Rails to Work (St. Louis, MO)
St. Louis, Missouri, the gateway to the west, claimed to have a light rail system that was drawing converts out of their cars ­ 14 million riders to be precise. In this segment, Durst goes to the Show-Me State to let Missourians prove to him in person why a public transit trip is worth it. He commutes to work with Taulby Roach, a 33-yr old dad who drops off his kids at daycare and owns more than one car, but still chooses to take Metrorail from his Central West End home to his downtown office. Durst¹s preconceived criticisms about public transit, everything from Ticket Terminal Dysfunction (fear #2) to interminable wait (fear #4) are quelched by a smooth, twenty minute trip on the train. Durst concedes that the train trip is great; but is left wondering, "there must be a catch..."

Rush Hour Specialist Robert Lujan (Los Angeles, CA)
Viewers meet a man who takes great pride in his job: getting other people to work on time. That's no easy task when you‚re a bus driver for the most congested city in the nation. Robert Lujan navigates us through the high points and the potholes of his job as a veteran bus driver for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority.

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