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The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social |
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A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek.
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Maya🚂🚃🚄🚅🚆🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🚌🚎
@trains.bsky.social
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the real way to fight climate change is public transit and bikeable/walkable cities. not cars made for individuals that are still expensive consumer products at the end of the day
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Prof. Kevin J. Kircher
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Electric vehicles can save lives by polluting the climate less than fossil-fueled vehicles in most places. Yet EVs are much heavier and accelerate faster, so are more dangerous in crashes. @costasamaras.bsky.social argues that increased car-crash deaths could be on par with lives saved via climate.
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Joe
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It took them all the way to the second to the last paragraph until they mention that the truck had a driver! @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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The War on Cars
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New episode! We talked with Cyprine Odada, the founder of Critical Mass Nairobi. Cyprine has grown the group into the largest gathering of non-competitive cyclists in Africa, changing the perception of who rides a bike in the car-dominated Kenyan capital. thewaroncars.org/2024/07/02/1...
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The War on Cars
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Among other factors, it turns out that running against Low Traffic Neighborhoods and Ultra-Low Emissions Zones isn't a winning campaign strategy.
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The War on Cars
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Today, July 4th, most Americans will celebrate their independence by sitting in traffic on subsidized highways in cars they financed via high-interest loans from multinational banks and that they fueled with dinosaur juice imported from petrostates that hate the U.S.
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Badbeard
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This week's @thewaroncars.bsky.social episode has a great interview with Cyprine Odada from Nairobi Critical Mass.
thewaroncars.org/2024/07/02/1...
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The War on Cars
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On the eve of a big election, if you want to know what the hell is happening in the UK as far Low Traffic Neighborhoods, 15-minute cities and transportation go, take a listen to our episode from December.
thewaroncars.org/2023/12/05/1...
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Doug Gordon
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We're going to do an episode on Project 2025 on what's at stake for transportation and climate if Trump wins and it's very, very bad. Will make the Elaine Chao USDOT era look positively progressive by comparison.
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Doug Gordon
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"Chapter 19 of this far-right blueprint attacks the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). First, the author calls for the elimination of funding for the FTA’s core programs, which provide critical funds to local transit authorities for essential maintenance work."
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The War on Cars
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This is an ad-free bonus we're releasing into the general feed to kick off the summer. Enjoy and thanks for the support!
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The War on Cars
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New episode! We talked with Cyprine Odada, the founder of Critical Mass Nairobi. Cyprine has grown the group into the largest gathering of non-competitive cyclists in Africa, changing the perception of who rides a bike in the car-dominated Kenyan capital. thewaroncars.org/2024/07/02/1...
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Doug Gordon
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
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“She's trolling New York City. The gall to wear an MTA shirt on today of all days. Just complete contempt for New Yorkers,” transit advocate and The War On Cars podcast co-host Doug Gordon said.
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Sundance
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That’s where the @thewaroncars.bsky.social I have belongs.
Just finishing up the seat post the then I’ll set up the derailleur and suspension this weekend
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈
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I was connected immediately, so you shouldn't need to wait on hold at all if you call now.
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈
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I just called both Schumer and Gillibrand and told them both that Hochul's refusal to obey rule of law and implement congestion pricing is a constitutional crisis that discredits the whole Democratic party. You should call too. Schumer: 202-224-6542 Gillibrand: 202-224-4451
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melon
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Hey now he might have to move a single plank of wood once a year
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈
@chimeracoder.bsky.social
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I called Senator Schumer and told him exactly this, in nearly these words. The fight is not just about congestion pricing. It's about the importance of democracy itself, and whether Democrats value democratic rule of law.
☎️ (202) 224-6542
☎️ (212) 486-4430
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
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The War on Cars
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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 so that they no longer design a system that kills tens of thousands of people per year.
Available now!
thewaroncars.org/2024/06/25/1...
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violet allen
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nothing makes the anarchism leave my body quite like being a pedestrian in the city. i am the judge dredd of thinking it is bad to hit people crossing the street with your car.
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Tom VanAntwerp 🤷♂️
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Great episode! Really disturbing that so much of decades-old "best practice" in traffic engineering is basically vibes, but I'm glad it's being called out and that coming generations of engineers are asking hard questions of the field.
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Jill Murray
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Looking forward to listening to this and then, I expect, immediately engulfing my neighborhood Facebook group in flames by sharing it if it is good.
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e.w. niedermeyer
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based on the last nine months of news coverage, I have come to the conclusion that the cybertruck is no less than 35% adhesive tape by volume
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The ITE member forum right now:
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MatttttttttB
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seen some remarkable LinkedIn stuff about this. "this man, who I have never heard speak at a conference, is insulting the whole profession" etc etc. like the title is "a" traffic engineer, you have in front of you the option of not identifying as the behind-the-times traffic engineer
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fema
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Exactly what I needed! Stuck inside painting (on a beautiful day that I should be out riding my bike) a room and a new WoC episode is here at the right time. Also, new rule: traffic engineers must be cyclists. 🚲🏙️
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The War on Cars
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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 so that they no longer design a system that kills tens of thousands of people per year.
Available now!
thewaroncars.org/2024/06/25/1...
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The War on Cars
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Coming later this month!
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e.w. niedermeyer
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Wondering why Cybertrucks are allowed on the road? Because this is literally how auto safety regulations works in the US. Every vehicle is assumed compliant until proven otherwise by underpaid bureaucrats, at public expense
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Doug Gordon
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Kind of hard not to notice the exhaust, too, especially on a hot and humid day. Too bad there's no plan to reduce cars ready to be tried out somewhere in the city.
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Doug Gordon
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Heard one honk over the course of a week in Belgium, and this included time in Brussels, which is a bit car-centric by European standards. Landed back in NYC today, exited Terminal 4 at JFK and was immediately struck by all the honking. Truly fucked up.
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David Ho
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This officer earned a bad reputation among Sag Harbor’s wealthy car-brained residents — who called him “the Sag Harbor Nazi” and “little red-headed dipshit” — for *check notes” stopping a guy for making an illegal u-turn and same guy for using a mobile phone while driving. 🙄
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The War on Cars
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Bootleg sticker spotted around Brooklyn.
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Jen
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There’s a group of kids on the corner selling lemonade. They yell “LEMONADE” at every passing vehicle, but the only people I have seen stop for a drink so far are on foot or bike. There is no shortage of free parking on the street. Maybe this is analogous to local business districts. 😉
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Pretending to understand Azure
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Rare cop who does his job well slammed in media for inconveniencing rich people who threaten pedestrians and other drivers
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aaron boothby
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the future should have been rounder friendlier more efficient what are all these ugly aggressive giant boxes doing driving around
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Faine Greenwood
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I would love a car review site for people who resent having to own cars
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C.A. Pinkham
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Road trips will make your opinion on huge massive pickups go from “they are bad for the environment and for society” to “their drivers should face summary execution”
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The War on Cars
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That’s the regular sticker. Reflective ones will come back this fall!
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The War on Cars
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Brussels, welcome to The War on Cars.
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The War on Cars
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Nice sticker!
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Badbeard
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Welcome, once again, Anonymous Opinionator, to @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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what about poor people? the poor are disproportionately injured and killed as a result of traffic violence. what about racial minorities? racial minorities are disproportionately injured and killed as a result of traffic violence.
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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i'm sorry, this is an area where i am just completely unwilling to compromise. i think speeding and reckless driving are profoundly antisocial acts that are DEMONSTRABLY PROVEN to result in TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DEATHS every year in car and pedestrian crashes. this seems bad to me.
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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oh look at that www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Prof. Kevin J. Kircher
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The rate at which air pollution from power plants, cars, etc. kills people is wild. Millions of deaths per year, almost all avoidable if we replace fossil-fueled cars, trucks, power plants, furnaces, boilers, etc. by clean alternatives that are affordable and effective today.
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Kevin M. Kruse
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Back in grad school, I was out running when a pickup rolled through a stop sign and knocked me down. I was fine except for a few cuts and bruises. With a truck today? Probably dead.
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The War on Cars
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We ❤️ our listeners! A fan of the podcast sent us these because he knows how much we hate car bloat and believe in using the right tool for the job. Kei trucks for the win!
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Doug Gordon
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“I’m not challenging that public-opinion polls showed it was unpopular. I just don’t think government has the privilege of not doing things that are unpopular.” Senator Liz Krueger brings the 🔥
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Doug Gordon
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All the more enraging because her first proposal after scuttling congestion pricing was to institute a payroll tax on all New York City businesses, which surely would have increased the cost of everything! (Also, we New Yorkers say "slice of pizza" or even just "a slice.")
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