The War on Cars

A podcast about the fight against car culture.

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Main show site: https://thewaroncars.org
Follow/rate/review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-war-on-cars/id1437755068?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
More links: https://linktr.ee/TheWarOnCars

Last Notes

2025-08-10 00:15:49 UTC

Summer Streets in New York City was just awesome today.
So many people of all ages out there enjoying miles and miles of car-free streets! More, please.
#summerstreet #nyc #newyork
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2025-07-08 19:13:16 UTC

A little late, but we just added a re-designed Pride sticker back to the store.
Happy belated Pride!
https://the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com/products/pride-sticker-5-pack
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2025-07-08 16:44:20 UTC

FYI, Bookshop dot org is running an anti-Prime sale. Now through July 11 you can pre-order our new book, "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile" for about $2 off AND lock in free shipping. Support independent booksellers with your purchase!
https://bookshop.org/a/9252/9780593850725
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2025-06-25 20:14:25 UTC

"...the data backs up the vibes. The less time you spend in a car, the more likely it is you backed Zohran Mamdani."
https://www.jalopnik.com/1895759/nyc-mayor-election-zohran-mamdani-won-non-car-owners/

2025-05-14 01:18:51 UTC

We were lucky to use bikes from the
Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library during our recent visit there. So sorry to hear this news, but also thrilled at the community response. To help, please make a donation!
https://www.startribune.com/brooks-donors-ride-to-rescue-after-bandits-strike-minneapolis-bike-library/601350658?utm_source=gift

2025-05-12 01:54:45 UTC

NASCAR? More like "Nah, cars."
New sticker for Bike Month! Fits perfectly on most bike frames or anywhere you want to stick it.
Just added to our store:
https://the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com/
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2025-04-22 11:58:15 UTC

Coming October 21st...
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here:
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
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2025-02-05 23:17:14 UTC

"The most abundant nanoplastic was tyre particles (41%), then polystyrene (28%) and polyethylene (12%). Each tyre on the world’s 1.6bn vehicles can lose 4kg during its lifetimes and may be the largest source of tiny plastic pollution."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/vehicle-tyres-found-to-be-biggest-source-of-nanoplastics-in-the-high-alps

2024-11-29 20:23:28 UTC

Bookshop dot org is running some great Black Friday specials today, with free shipping too. Check out our recommended titles, books by podcast guests, and a list of books for kids. Avoid Amazon and support independent booksellers!
https://bookshop.org/shop/thewaroncars

2024-10-09 16:13:46 UTC

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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/hell-is-driving-in-paris/

2024-10-01 03:07:58 UTC

Ed Begley Jr, welcome to The War on Cars.
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2024-06-25 12:14:27 UTC

NEW EPISODE:
"Killed by a Traffic Engineer"
In his new book, Wes Marshall argues that his fellow traffic engineers need to do some deep soul searching about the rules they follow so that they no longer design a system that kills tens of thousands of people per year.
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
#thewaroncars #podcast
https://thewaroncars.org/2024/06/25/129-killed-by-a-traffic-engineer/
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2024-06-12 13:24:30 UTC

Hochul reflects today’s wider, fearful culture, increasingly distracted by partisan politics, focusing on swing voters, not swinging for the fences. She said, in effect, that she paused congestion pricing because it doesn’t poll well. It didn’t poll well before it was instituted in London or Stockholm, either, where it has been solving gridlock, increasing bus ridership and reducing asthma rates. Opinion shifted in those cities after residents saw the benefits.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/arts/nyc-hochul-congestion-pricing.html

2024-06-04 01:10:58 UTC

"Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers of bike lanes since Mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in 2014. Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution..."
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/paris-olympics-city-reduce-air-pollution-rcna153470
#thewaroncars #podcast #paris