Quit Your Car: It's Zero Percent About Transportation.

11/20/18 • 33 min

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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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Almost half of Americans (45%) go to their car to have a private moment. (Fast Company/IKEA)

Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.

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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)

Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.

Questions? Suggestions? Complaints? Talk to us: [email protected].

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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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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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