Hello War on Cars supporters!
If you can believe it, September will mark three years since we launched The War on Cars. We decided that the best way to celebrate is by including the voices of the people who make it all possible: you!
Please send us your questions, comments or whatever is on your mind in the form of a voice memo of thirty seconds or les...
2021-08-30 14:54:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon supporters!
Here's another bonus episode just for you. As always, thanks for your support!
- Aaron, Sarah and Doug
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Tom Flood used to work in the ad industry in Toronto on campaigns for clients in the auto industry. Today, he’s a bit a of a rebel and uses the power of social media and smart video editing to poke at car companie...
2021-08-10 10:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
As many of you know, we held our very first War on Cars Meetup in Brooklyn a few weekends ago. We actually started planning this event almost two years ago but, you know… a global pandemic kind of got in the way. After so many months of relative social isolation it was great to gather in person, see old friends, meet new friends, and talk with so many of our passionate, dedicated listeners. P...
2021-07-28 11:49:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, Patreons!
Here's another special episode just for you. As always, thanks for your support. We truly appreciate it.
- Aaron, Sarah and Doug
It sure was a busy week for our transportation tech bro overlords. Elon Musk announced a deal to build another one of his car tunnels beneath the waterlogged streets of Fort Lauderdale, Florida while also admitting that, “...
2021-07-14 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to everyone who attended the first-ever War on Cars meetup! We had attendees from all corners of New York, including the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn as well as listeners who came in from Connecticut and New Jersey. Special shoutout to listener Perry who came all the way from Raleigh, NC to hang out with us!
In true War on Cars fashion, we took over the median on Vanderbil...
2021-07-12 01:45:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Breaking News! Following weeks of negotiations, and as a mind-boggling heat wave settled on the Pacific Northwest, President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of ten Senators stepped out of a closed-door meeting at the White House to announce they’d made a deal. There will be infrastructure! $579 billion worth of it, in fact. The biggest federal investment in infrastructure in more than a hund...
2021-06-30 17:48:31 +0000 UTC View PostHello, friends of The War on Cars!
To celebrate summer and the return of some version of normal, we're pleased to announce the first-ever War on Cars in-person meetup! Join the hosts and friends of the podcast on an open street in Brooklyn for drinks, conversation and good times.
When: Saturday, July 10th, 4 PM - 6 PM (but probably later) 2021-06-18 01:05:22 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re vaxxed and we’re back! In this very special reunion episode, Sarah, Doug and Aaron return to the studio for the first time in fifteen months. Fifteen months! The COVID-19 pandemic has been a wild, earth-shattering, world-historic event with far-reaching implications for The War on Cars and pretty much everything else. We revisit some of our predictions from the beginning of the lockdo...
2021-06-15 13:53:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars Supporters!
You might remember Sean Kenney as one of the voices in Episode 65, “Where are the Bike Lanes in Lego City?” Sean is an artist and self-described “professional kid” who designs and creates amazing sculpture and other works...
2021-06-10 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Why are there no bike lanes in LEGO City? That’s a question Marcel Steeman, a regional councillor in the Netherlands, asked himself one day in 2016 while assembling some LEGO sets with his kids. As a Dutchman, he thought the lack of bike lanes on LEGO’s thin plastic road plates was weird. Even weirder, The LEGO Group is based in Denmark, one of the most bike-friendly nations on the planet! ...
2021-06-07 11:50:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars supporters!
A new episode is overdue, so enjoy this bonus to round out the month of May. It's our thanks for your continued support of the podcast. We're working on two mega episodes for general release — truly our biggest yet — so stay tuned because we think you're gonna love 'em. Plus, we're vaccinated and planning our return to the studio. What a relief.
Oh,...
2021-05-28 10:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis podcast usually focuses on the victims of traffic violence, and that is where the focus belongs. But in this episode, we hear the first-person story of a woman, Shane Snowdon, who killed someone with her car.
It happened more than 20 years ago, when she hit an 18-year-old man named Guillermo Venancio on a scenic road in California, ending his life in an instant. It’s a difficult st...
2021-05-03 13:27:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon supporters!
Everyone knows that physical activity is one of the keys to staying healthy, yet few people are able to get the proper amount of daily exercise recommended by health professionals. Around the world, 1.5 billion people are so inactive that they are at greater risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, specific types of cancer, arthritis, depression, dementia and many...
2021-04-28 16:57:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars supporters!
It's time for another episode and this one takes on the big guy himself: Elon Musk. Will he listen? Will Musk fanbois? We shall see. They, and you, can listen to this one wherever you get your podcasts.
We'll be back before April closes out with another exclusive Patreon-only episode and also have some fun shows scheduled for May. It's possible that we'...
2021-04-20 13:39:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars supporters!
Here's a special Saturday surprise episode featuring all three of us back together — still virtually until we're all 100% vaccinated, of course — to discuss what has felt like a whirlwind week of big transportation news. This new episode is available wherever you get your podcasts.
We'll have more new episodes this month as well as another bonus int...
2021-04-03 12:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Mikael Colville-Andersen's name is practically synonymous with Copenhagen, bicycling and smart urban design. In 2007, Mikael launched what would become known as the Cycle Chic movement with a series of pictures showing regular people in fashionable clothing riding bicycles in the Danish ...
2021-03-24 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars supporters!
Our new episode is now available wherever you get your podcasts. For this one, Aaron interviewed New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie about how his new e-bike turned and how riding one changed his perspective on streets, parking and housing. Jamelle also offered his thoughts on our democracy and how to deal with bad faith arguments about culture wars, somet...
2021-03-15 12:24:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars supporters,
Welcome to March! We're back with a new episode, this time interviewing Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon about a new bill that would lower the cost of electric bike ownership by providing Americans who purchase one with a 30% tax credit. Will it work? We'd love to hear what you think! Tag us on Twitter or send us an email with your thoughts.
Don't ...
2021-03-02 14:48:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon supporters!
We're proud to announce the launch of a new newsletter featuring the latest from the frontlines in The War on Cars. It's called The Dispatch. Go on and read it for yourself, but we figured it's a great way to keep up on all the news that catches our attent...
2021-02-24 18:53:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars supporters!
Happy Monday! Our new episode, all about a cool housing development in Portland, Oregon that puts the focus on community instead of parking, is out today. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts.
We're working on a few big new episodes...
2021-02-22 15:31:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars Supporters!
In January, Doug was a guest on the great Streets Ahead podcast, based out of the UK. Streets Ahead is hosted by the terrific trio of Adam Tranter, 2021-02-19 15:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars supporters!
Our new episode is here! We take a look at the Super Bowl car ads - and some ads that were about car culture even if they weren't for cars - and talk about what they say about America and what we're up against in our fight against automobile dependence. We hope you enjoy it! As always, it's available wherever you get your podcasts.
Oh, and check out our...
2021-02-09 13:27:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars supporters! Our new general-release episode is available wherever you get your podcasts. It's a good one that brings the fight directly to car companies, courtesy of journalist Andrew Hawkins. We hope you enjoy it.
We'll have some new exclusive episodes coming soon, so stay tuned!
Thanks as always,
Aaron, Sarah and Doug
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2021-01-27 14:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post
In this exclusive episode just for supporters of The War on Cars, our very own Sarah Goodyear speaks with the man who introduced the world to mountain biking: Gary Fisher. Fisher talks about his sometimes psychedelic autobiography, 2021-01-19 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello War on Cars supporters,
Happy new year! Our new episode is here and available wherever you get your podcasts. This one is a bit more philosophical, and hopefully you'll find it meaningful during these early weeks of 2021.
We'd love to hear your thoughts, so leave a comment or reach out to us on Twitter or via email.
All the best,
- Doug, Aaron and Sarah
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2021-01-13 13:09:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon supporters!
In addition to letting you all know about our new episode, we wanted to thank you. We know that it's been a difficult year for so many people and it has truly warmed our hearts to know that so many people all over the world support the mission of the podcast and find something meaningful in it. We have so appreciated everyone's emails and tweets with questions, c...
2020-12-30 15:07:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello, War on Cars supporters!
We're recording a year-end recap episode and would love to hear from you. Yes, you! Send us your questions, comments, reactions to previous episodes... you name it. Something notable happening in your town? A dilemma you face as a vulnerable road user or even as a driver? A cool story we missed this year? Let us know!
Record a voice memo of :30 seconds...
2020-12-21 16:44:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Under the leadership of Mayor Anne Hidalgo, the city of Paris has transformed itself, turning streets that were once clogged with cars into places for people on bikes and on foot. In response to the pandemic, the city quickly installed “coronapistes,” temporary bike lanes designed to help Parisians move around safely. (With Hidalgo’s recent re-election, approximately 30 miles are...
2020-12-10 12:24:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, War on Cars supporters!
Many of you have probably already heard Episode 52, "Honk If You Loved 2020," about all the ways in which cars played a role in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. This episode, which we're releasing early to you before it goes out to the general public, offers a deeper dive on one of the subjects Sarah, Aaron and Doug discussed: vehicles a...
2020-11-20 15:32:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaron, Sarah and Doug are together again in this new episode!
Automobiles played an oversized role in the news this year, from the country’s response to the pandemic to the strange twists and turns of the presidential election. In fact, some might say 2020 was the year of the car. Beyond the growth of drive-thru COVID testing and importance of curbside voting, there was the president’...
2020-11-17 12:56:09 +0000 UTC View Post