The long-awaited electric car revolution is finally upon us. Are you ready? Are you excited? Last week, General Motors officially launched the electric version of the Hummer. The Hummer, of course,...
2020-11-03 15:47:45 +0000 UTC View Post
We're pleased to present this bonus mini-episode of The War on Cars, exclusively for you, our awesome Patreon supporters.
If you listened to Episode 50, then you heard my interview with histo...
2020-10-26 21:39:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s often said that Americans have a “love affair” with cars and driving. Where did this oddly specific expression come from? Most people probably assume it was something that developed orga...
2020-10-14 12:10:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Patreons: We’ve got some bonus War on Cars content just for you!
If you’ve had a chance to listen to Episode 49, “Winning the War on Cars in Rural America,” then you know t...
2020-10-07 20:56:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Reducing automobile dependence in America’s suburbs, small towns, and rural places is a daunting task. But a tiny non-profit organization in Brattleboro, Vermont is offering a glimpse of how it m...
2020-09-29 13:24:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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Angie Schmitt has long been one of the clearest and most passionate voices out there talking about the real price of automobile dependence in the United States. As the national editor for 2020-09-11 14:44:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Who needs a t-shirt?!?!
Funny story...
The War on Cars crew was supposed to head to Washington, DC for the National Bike Summit in March. We also were hoping t...
2020-09-02 15:41:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
It's long overdue, but transcripts for episodes of The War on Cars are now available. We're slowly making our way through past episodes and posting them as they're ready. For now, you ...
2020-09-01 17:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post
[This episode was originally released on October 31st, 2019. We’re re-releasing it as an end-of-summer extra for new listeners and will be back with new episodes in September.]
For...
2020-08-17 12:02:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Using a vehicle as an instrument of terror is nothing new. Over the last decade, extremists proclaiming...
2020-08-03 14:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello supporters of The War on Cars!
We are so appreciative of your ongoing support of the podcast. Whether you've been listening for a long time or just discovered us recently, we really cou...
2020-07-29 19:57:12 +0000 UTC View Post
“I wrote this book to make you mad.” So declares British writer and artist Woodrow Phoenix in the a...
2020-07-20 13:50:55 +0000 UTC View PostHello, supporters!
Now that things are slowly getting back to normal, we should be able to get to the post office to mail out t-shirts to anyone who subscribed at the $15/month level or highe...
2020-07-03 00:14:10 +0000 UTC View Post
In the span of one month the StreetRiders, a group of seven Black men, have become a major presence in the Black Lives Matter movement in New York. Their weekly bike protests have taken over street...
2020-06-30 17:02:15 +0000 UTC View Post
What are streets for? Who are streets for? And what makes a street feel truly safe, welcoming and comfortable for everyone? On May 25, police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota murdered George Floy...
2020-06-26 19:12:16 +0000 UTC View PostDear supporters,
The fundamental question of our podcast has always been “Who are streets for?” This question cannot be separated from the legacy of racism, police violence, white suprema...
2020-06-09 23:43:20 +0000 UTC View Post
As a special thanks to our Patreon supporters, we're happy to present this short interview with Dave Shellnutt, founde...
2020-05-29 18:14:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, War on Cars fans! We thought you might be interested in this live event featuring one of our own.
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Livable City is very pleased to announce the first ever live onl...
2020-05-14 18:01:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Historian Gretchen Sorin has written a fascinating new book, “Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights,” that dives into the role the car played in the 20th-cen...
2020-05-08 15:11:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy this special re-release of episode 6 of The War on Cars from November 2018.
In "It's Zero Percent About Transportation," Aaron talks to podcast producer Alex Brook Lynn about her ...
2020-04-18 23:30:40 +0000 UTC View Post
From his 1989 book The End of Nature, which was the first to explain global warming to a ge...
2020-04-06 14:33:18 +0000 UTC View Post
In this, our second episode of the COVID-19 era, we hear from listeners around the globe about how their cities look and feel. Is it safe to ride transit? How does it feel to walk through towns and...
2020-03-30 01:29:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, War on Car warriors!
We thought you'd all enjoy this photo of Doug's improvised bedroom recording studio, set up for an interview he conducted yesterday. We're adjusting to live under ...
2020-03-25 14:19:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Recording from their makeshift home studios, Sarah, Doug and Aaron check in with each other, field listener voicemails and reorient themselves to the new normal of the coronavirus crisis. Not a lot...
2020-03-20 18:03:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Pat Kiernan and Jamie Stelter are the dynamic duo of local TV news. As two of the hosts of “Mornings on 1” on Spectrum NY1, Pat and Jamie do more than just wake up early to deliver the latest u...
2020-03-17 17:57:15 +0000 UTC View PostHello, friends of The War on Cars.
We'll have a new episode for you hopefully by tomorrow. As you can imagine, things have been thrown off a bit by everything going on right now but we should...
2020-03-16 13:25:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello, friends of The War on Cars.
We wanted to pass along this note from the League of American Cyclists about the National Bike Summit. We were supposed to do a live show this Monday, March...
2020-03-10 23:55:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Our new episode is here!
What can cold cities, where people nonetheless bike year-round through snow and seemingly endless hours of darkness, tell us about what it takes to make better street...
2020-03-04 16:44:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The War on Cars crew had a great time in Denver at Bicycle Colorado's Moving People Forward conference. We hope you've all had a chance to listen to the episode by now and wanted to share this exce...
2020-02-25 19:15:27 +0000 UTC View Post