The War on Cars

Nov 19 2024 151 ep. 29 mins 2.1k

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A podcast about the car and the city. Hosted by Doug Gordon, Sarah Goodyear and Aaron Naparstek.

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TEASER: Doug Ford and Ontario's War on Bikes

Nov 19 2024 8 mins

This is a preview of a . For complete access to this and all of our bonus content, plus ad-free versions of regular episodes, merch discounts, pre-sale tickets to live shows, and more, . Back in 2010, the notoriously pugnacious Toronto mayor Rob Ford declared that “the war on the car is over,” and vowed to halt the city’s expansion of bike lanes, transit, and anything that in

Election Extra

Nov 15 2024 27 mins

We’re not going to sugarcoat it. That election was tough. But there are some points of hope that can help us make our way forward. We got together in the studio to look at victories around the country for transit and safe streets, and to discuss how we can all hang in there together and continue making positive change in our communities. *** and receive access to ad-free versions

"Cars are Done" with Adam McKay

Nov 12 2024 60 mins

Adam McKay is the Academy Award–winning screenwriter, director, and producer behind such movies as Don’t Look Up, The Big Short, Vice, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and more. He is also the founder of Yellow Dot Studios, a nonprofit production studio that raises awareness and mobilizes action on the climate emergency. Adam joins us to discuss his career and the existential anxie

TEASER: Coach Balto's Bike Bus Lessons

Sep 12 2023 8 mins

While working on Episode 110, , we spoke with Sam Balto, a phys ed teacher in Portland, Oregon, who goes by and who's become one of the most visible advocates in the global movement for active transportation for kids. We used some of his comments in that episode, but our conversation was so juicy we knew we wanted to share it in full. Sam does a great job of explaining why bike bus

Back to School with the Bike Bus

Sep 05 2023 20 mins

If you’ve never heard of a bike bus—or a bicibús, as it’s known in the Catalonian capital of Barcelona—it’s a beautifully simple idea. Kids and parents ride their bikes to school along a pre-planned route, picking up classmates along the way, just the way a school bus would. Except because it’s bikes, it’s way, way more fun. Sarah and Doug rode along with bike buses

Inclusive Transportation with Veronica O. Davis

Aug 22 2023 44 mins

In her new book, , Veronica O. Davis — the Director of Transportation and Drainage Operations for the city of Houston, Texas — takes a hard look at the ways in which planning a world for cars has harmed communities and how that affects anyone working to change things today. How do you repair a system that continues to divide communities? In a world where "equity" can somet

TEASER: Chaos in the Bike Lane with Aaron Gordon

Aug 08 2023 10 mins

The rising problem of mopeds and motorcycles in New York City bike lanes is impossible to ignore but the solutions are anything but simple. A Recently, journalist and friend of the podcast Aaron Gordon wrote an essay for his newsletter titled in which he laments the change that's happened in recent years of larger and faster motorized vehicles using the city's bike lanes. We'

EXTRA: Inside Automotive Journalism with Bob Sorokanich

Aug 01 2023 51 mins

***This is a bonus episode that was previously only available to . If you want to hear more bonus episodes like this, ! We'll taking a very short summer break and will be back with a new episode next week.*** Have you ever wondered what the reporters who cover the auto industry think about oversized SUVs and pickups and whether the fever for these gas-guzzling, space-hogging, plane

TEASER: Live from New York!

Jul 25 2023 5 mins

This special episode of The War on Cars was recorded live before a sold-out audience at Caveat on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and was styled after a community board meeting... except instead of people yelling at each other about parking spaces and bike lanes, a fantastic time was had by all. ***This is a preview of a Patreon-exclusive bonus episode. For complete access to

Traffication with Paul Donald

Jul 18 2023 40 mins

In his groundbreaking book, Traffication: How Cars Destroy Nature and What We Can Do About It, scientist and researcher Paul Donald synthesizes dozens of studies to help us understand what cars and roads do to living things. Paul makes the case that cars ruin more than cities—they also ruin the countryside by fragmenting habitat and creating a neverending barrage of threats and s