Just dropped a bonus episode for our Patreon subscribers! "Dodge's 'Deeply Weird' Pitch for Electric Muscle Cars" with Ed Niedermeyer @niedermeyer.io. Enlist today! www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
And a new sponsor joins us for this episode: Sheyd Bags. Discover the perfect blend of style and functionality with Sheyd's innovative double bike pannier backpacks. www.sheydbags.com/waroncars
looking forward to listening to this
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 2y agoAs the lone podcast dedicated to counter-programming American car culture, we bear a heavy responsibility. We have no choice but to discuss the Tesla Cybertruck with journalist @niedermeyer.io. Episode 124: "Tesla Cybertrash with Ed Niedermeyer" just dropped! thewaroncars.org/2024/04/16/1...
I love that just as I started listening to this, I passed a Cybertruck on the back of a tow truck. Just perfect timing.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 2y agoAs the lone podcast dedicated to counter-programming American car culture, we bear a heavy responsibility. We have no choice but to discuss the Tesla Cybertruck with journalist @niedermeyer.io. Episode 124: "Tesla Cybertrash with Ed Niedermeyer" just dropped! thewaroncars.org/2024/04/16/1...
You may have thought we had learned some lessons about building mega highways through communities back in the 20th century, but...Megan Kimble's fantastic new book sheds light on the mistakes we are still making, and the fight to stop them.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 2y agoNew episode! "The Texas Freeway Fight with Megan Kimble." In her new book, Kimble tells the stories of the communities in the path of TxDOT’s bulldozers and the brave Texans fighting to save their homes, neighborhoods, and cities from a seemingly implacable foe. thewaroncars.org/2024/04/02/1...
New episode! "The Texas Freeway Fight with Megan Kimble." In her new book, Kimble tells the stories of the communities in the path of TxDOT’s bulldozers and the brave Texans fighting to save their homes, neighborhoods, and cities from a seemingly implacable foe. thewaroncars.org/2024/04/02/1...
Our friend, Councilor Michael Janz wearing a The War on Cars “toque” on CTV Edmonton is the best thing we’ve seen. That’s some real political courage right there.
"Sneckdown" has been added to the Urbanism+ feed. You're up Wikipedia: "A sneckdown (or snowy neckdown) is a temporary curb extension caused by snowfall, where snow has built up in the road but not been flattened by traffic, effectively reshaping the curb." Term courtesy of @naparstek.bsky.social
New episode! Just like cigarette advertising, let's ban SUV ads... ...and then let's ban SUVs.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 2y ago"Should SUV Ads Be Banned?" Adfree Cities, a UK advocacy group, successfully got a Toyota Hilux SUV ad that shows drivers ripping through natural areas and cities taken off the airwaves and streets. Hear how they did it and what's next in our new episode. thewaroncars.org/2024/02/06/1...
This was excellent from @thewaroncars.bsky.social . Just really eye-opening. Episode is free (I’m a Patreon subscriber and its totally worth it but you don’t need to be for this one) www.patreon.com/posts/future...
The Future of Transportation Has Arrived With Your Pad Thai | The War on Cars
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A cost-effective, tough, scaleable, inadvertently-eco-friendly, urban car commuting alternative is in use today: the “delivery guy electric bike.”
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3y agoNEW EPISODE: The Future of Transportation Has Arrived With Your Pad Thai. What if there is a high-tech urban mobility revolution happening right under our noses, but we can’t see it because the people who are delivering it to our city are mostly invisible to us? thewaroncars.org/2024/01/16/t...
NEW EPISODE: The Future of Transportation Has Arrived With Your Pad Thai. What if there is a high-tech urban mobility revolution happening right under our noses, but we can’t see it because the people who are delivering it to our city are mostly invisible to us? thewaroncars.org/2024/01/16/t...
A banger of an episode produced and reported by my co-host @naparstek.bsky.social. Take a listen!
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3y agoNEW EPISODE: The Future of Transportation Has Arrived With Your Pad Thai. What if there is a high-tech urban mobility revolution happening right under our noses, but we can’t see it because the people who are delivering it to our city are mostly invisible to us? thewaroncars.org/2024/01/16/t...
This episode, reported and produced by @naparstek.bsky.social, is so much fun. A real love letter to the endless ingenuity and generosity of New York City...that dreamy old concrete jungle.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3y agoNEW EPISODE: The Future of Transportation Has Arrived With Your Pad Thai. What if there is a high-tech urban mobility revolution happening right under our noses, but we can’t see it because the people who are delivering it to our city are mostly invisible to us? thewaroncars.org/2024/01/16/t...
Really interesting episode.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3y agoNEW EPISODE! Bestselling author Steven Johnson joins us to mark the hundredth anniversary of the invention of leaded gasoline and tell the cautionary tale of its inventor, Thomas Midgley, Jr. Episode 112: "Unintended Consequences with Steven Johnson," is here: thewaroncars.org/2023/10/10/1...
if u do not know steven johnson he has written several books but my favorite is still the one where he deconstructs the gameplay of a quest in legend of zelda ocarina of time
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3y agoIf 100 years ago we knew that the automobile would decimate our city centers, melt the ice caps, and kill 40,000+ Americans annually, would we have still wanted the automobile? Episode 112 is about "Unintended Consequences with author Steven Johnson." thewaroncars.org/2023/10/10/1...
Congestion pricing is coming to NYC and Diana Lind of the Penn Institute for Urban Research believes it's a paradigm-shifting moment. “The next 20 years,” she writes, “will be the beginning of the end of the private car in cities.” We discuss in the new episode: thewaroncars.org/2023/09/19/1...
"I understand why driving is the default. Most American adults hop in the car to go to work anyway, and figure they can swing by the school. But the more parents who choose this option, the worse it works."
The Agony of the School Car Line
It’s crazy-making and deeply inefficient.
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I'm not crying, you're crying
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3y agoNEW EPISODE! Back to School on the Bike Bus. We rode along with bike buses in Barcelona and suburban Montclair, New Jersey to find out why kids who ride with bike buses get to school feeling happy and energized. Available wherever you get your podcasts. thewaroncars.org/2023/09/05/1...
my first act as president would be to make pedestrians and cyclists have priority and all cars have to stop immediately or face impoundment. repeat violators will have their car destroyed in a public spectacle like in street fighter II #walkable
An enormous fan of Veronica Davis & her work. DC's loss was Houston's gain, for sure.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3y agoNew episode! "Inclusive Transportation with Veronica O. Davis." We speak with Houston's Veronica O. Davis about her new book, how to repair communities divided by highways and dangerous streets, ways to rethink public engagement, and more. Listen now: thewaroncars.org/2023/08/22/1...
Really good episode. I’m not much of a biker, but I listened to this ep while out for a walk in Brooklyn this evening, and as I was walking I couldn’t help but notice just how many of these moped-like devices were in the bike lanes all around my residential neighborhood at 11 pm on a weeknight
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3y agoNew BONUS episode: "Chaos in the Bike Lane with Aaron Gordon." There's been a growing problem of motorcycles and mopeds in bike lanes, but the solutions are complicated. What can be done? Subscribe for access. https://thewaroncars.org/2023/08/08/teaser-chaos-in-the-bike-lane-with-aaron-gordon/
New BONUS episode: "Chaos in the Bike Lane with Aaron Gordon." There's been a growing problem of motorcycles and mopeds in bike lanes, but the solutions are complicated. What can be done? Subscribe for access. https://thewaroncars.org/2023/08/08/teaser-chaos-in-the-bike-lane-with-aaron-gordon/
