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If E-Bikes Are the Future, Why Are They Illegal?
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11/06/18 • 21 min
From coast to coast, electric-bikes are having their moment. But a New York City Police Department crackdown on delivery cyclists who rely on e-bikes to do their jobs has some wondering if a double standard isn’t at play. At a time when big companies are jumping on the e-bike bandwagon, are the immigrant men who deliver food being unfairly punished? We discuss the murky laws surrounding e-bikes and what the future has in store with Helen Ho of the Biking Public Project.
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EPISODE NOTES:
The Biking Public Project (Tumblr)
“One Man’s Fight to Regulate E-Bikes in His Neighborhood” (WNYC)
Who really gets fined when the police crackdown on e-bikes? (Gothamist)
Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek and Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1.
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Attack of the Robocars!
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10/09/18 • 31 min
Take the driver out of the car and what do you get? Heaven or hell? Will the rise of the robocar lead to a revolution in safety and change how cities allocate public space? Or will pedestrians and cyclists get pushed aside to make way for Skynet? Aaron, Sarah and Doug tackle these questions and more as we anticipate the imminent arrival of our autonomous vehicle overlords.
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Episode Notes:
Video on The Future of Autonomous Vehicles by Robin Chase.
Article on China and social credit: Leave No Dark Corner by Matthew Carney for The Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
On Twitter: Follow the show @TheWarOnCars Doug Gordon @Brooklyn Spoke Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1 Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek
Email: [email protected] Thanks for listening!
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There Are No Accidents with Jessie Singer
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02/15/22 • 41 min
What do we mean when we say something is an "accident"? When a motorist kills a pedestrian or cyclist it is often described in the press and the criminal justice system as a "car accident" — even when there is a clear cause such as a driver who was drunk, distracted or speeding. According to a new book by journalist Jessie Singer, events that most people describe as accidents are anything but. Singer argues that who lives and dies by accident in America is not random but utterly predictable. Using the word, she says, protects the powerful and leads to "the prevention of prevention."
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SHOW NOTES:
Purchase There Are No Accidents at Bookshop.org
Follow Jessie on Twitter
"Stop Calling Them 'Accidents'" (New York Times)
Don't call the deadly Bronx apartment fire an accident. It's a failure of government. (Washington Post)
NYPD switches from using "collision" intead of "accident" to desecribe crashes (New York Times, 2013)
CrashNotAccident.com: Take the pledge
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This episode was recorded by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. It was edited by Ali Lemer. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo is by Dani Finkel of Crucial D.
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Quit Your Car: It's Zero Percent About Transportation.
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11/20/18 • 33 min
When is a car not a car? When it’s a source of solace and comfort, a curbside living room and a personal aesthetic statement. This episode is brought to you “live” from the interior of a 1987 Cadillac DeVille as we hear from Alex Brook Lynn, the producer of FAQ NYC, about why she escapes to her car for a little private time amidst the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple. What would it take for Alex to quit her car?
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EPISODE NOTES:
Follow Alex Brook Lynn on Twitter.
Listen to the FAQ NYC podcast.
Almost half of Americans (45%) go to their car to have a private moment. (Fast Company/IKEA)
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Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.
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Cars and the Culture Wars
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10/30/18 • 30 min
In 2009, soon-to-be Toronto Mayor Rob Ford declared that he would end the war on cars. His remarks were the opening shots in a battle that would come to signify more than just how people get around. How did cars and the urban/surburban divide become a cultural flashpoint? And did you know that a “War on Autoists” was front-page news a century before the War on Cars?
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EPISODE NOTES:
Rob Ford: “There’s no secret about it, there’s a war on cars in the city!” (YouTube)
“The War on Cars” by Prager U. (YouTube)
“Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City,” by Peter Norton (MIT Press)
"'War on Cars': A History" by Eric de Place (Sightline Institute)
Rob Ford: "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine." (YouTube)
Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek.
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Mayors: The Good, the Bad and Bill de Blasio
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10/16/18 • 32 min
With cities on the front lines of the war on cars, can mayors muster the courage to put automobiles in their rightful place? Not to name names, but does it matter if elected officials are driven twelve miles to the gym every day in a three SUV convoy just to jog on a treadmill? Plus, Doug announces his candidacy for mayor. Can he withstand the inevitable barrage of dark money attack ads?
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EPISODE NOTES:
Paris mayor’s war on cars moves up a gear with ban in heart of city. (France 24)
Watch Oslo transform into a car-free utopia (Curbed)
Barcelona mayor delcares war on injustice of private car use (Reuters)
In Montreal, an electrifying win for a long-shot who campaigned on better transit and cycling (Streetsblog)
Cars set to be banned from half of roads in London's Square Mile (Evening Standard)
German cities to trial free public transportation to cut pollution. (The Guardian)
Why Jennifer Keesmaat’s Gardiner teardown pitch is key to her campaign (Toronto Star)
Car Ownership Continues to Rise Under Mayor de Blasio (Streetsblog)
Follow the show on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek.
Questions? Suggestions? Gripes? Email us at [email protected].
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Infiltrating the Auto Show II
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04/26/22 • 54 min
This episode was sponsored by our friends at Cleverhood rain gear and Radpower Bikes.
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Aaron infiltrated the 2019 New York International Auto Show in Episode 17.
How big is the 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor? "The Raptor is a lane-filling 9.8 inches wider than the base Bronco," according to Kelly Bluebook. Plus, it's so tall that even the fenders "will be shadiing cars in the lanes beside you."
A Dodge Charger driver in Las Vegas killed nine people ranging in age from 5 to 59. Seven were from the same family. The driver was said to have been going more than 100 mph when he ran a red light...
...and that's just one of many horribly violent crashes involving Dodge Chargers and Challengers whose drivers, perhaps taking the brand's marketing to heart, apparently think they "rule the road."
Meanwhile, e-bikes were kind of a big deal at this year's Auto Show. (Canary Media)
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This episode was recorded by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio and edited by Ali Lemer. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo was designed by Dani Finkel of Crucial D Designs.
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It's Finally Infrastructure Week
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04/03/21 • 37 min
From “sexy bike lanes” to just what constitutes a “bicycle accident,” transportation is making headlines like never before. Aaron, Sarah and Doug are together again to consider the burning questions filling our airwaves and social media feeds right now. Will US DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg force all Americans to ride cargo bikes filled with Dr. Seuss books and dump them in a compost pile, or is that just a Fox News fever dream? Is New York’s congestion pricing plan, the first in the nation, finally about to get rolling? And is it really part of a de Blasio/Cuomo/Biden war on cars? What can Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo teach us all about the harms of highway widening? What should be done about e-bike batteries? Plus, is America down with VMT?
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SHOW NOTES:
Industry needs to clean up electric batteries, including the ones that power your e-bike.
Shawn Bradley wasn’t injured in a “bicycle accident.” He was injured when a driver hit him with a car.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo explains everything wrong with expanding highways.
The US DOT is using the Civil Rights Act to pause the widening of 1-45 near Houston.
A US Congresswoman thinks Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo and Joe Biden are waging a war on cars.
Fox News freaks out over “sexy bike lanes.”
It might be time to use Vehicle Miles Traveled to tax drivers instead of just the gas tax.
Secretary Pete appears to walk back a VMT tax.
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WCAR theme music by Michael Hearst. Sound effects by deleted_user_3544904 at freesound.org.
This episode was produced by Aaron Naparstek and edited by Ali Lemer. Our music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo is by Dani Finkel of Crucial D.
Find us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek.
Email us: [email protected]
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Nice Legs, Dude
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12/04/18 • 27 min
Why is driving a car seen as masculine and riding a bicycle seen as feminine? Is it even possible to look like an adult while riding an e-scooter? Our experience of moving through public space is deeply affected by our mode of transportation and our gender identity; the mode we choose affects not only how we are seen by others, but how we see ourselves. In this episode, we cover biking while female, taking the Metro in Mexico City and what The 40-Year-Old Virgin has to say about guys who bike.
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EPISODE NOTES:
How not having a car became Hollywood shorthand for loser. (Slate)
You can’t say they’re not trying to make e-scooters manly. (Robb Report)
Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek.
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Why the World Needs The War on Cars
The War on Cars
09/29/18 • 26 min
In this pilot episode, we discuss why the world needs a War on Cars and ask if tech — specifically tech companies — can save our cities from the car. Are e-scooters, Lyft buses and self-driving Ubers running through Elon Musk's tunnels the wave of the future or are they a harbinger of dystopia?
The War On Cars is a new podcast from Sarah Goodyear (@buttermilk1), Doug Gordon (@BrooklynSpoke) and Aaron Naparstek (@Naparstek).The War On Cars is produced by Curtis Fox. Music by Nathaniel Goodyear. Wars are expensive. You can support The War on Cars via Patreon. For more information on The War on Cars, visit our web site: http://waroncars.org1 Listener
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FAQ
How many episodes does The War on Cars have?
The War on Cars currently has 192 episodes available.
What topics does The War on Cars cover?
The podcast is about News, Culture, Cars, Society & Culture, Urbanism, News Commentary, Podcasts, Cities and Politics.
What is the most popular episode on The War on Cars?
The episode title 'Attack of the Robocars!' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The War on Cars?
The average episode length on The War on Cars is 31 minutes.
How often are episodes of The War on Cars released?
Episodes of The War on Cars are typically released every 13 days.
When was the first episode of The War on Cars?
The first episode of The War on Cars was released on Sep 29, 2018.
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