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TheWarOnCars

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A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Aaron Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon. (You can find our individual accounts on Mastodon.)

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Every day is a beautiful day to enjoy open streets.

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NEW EPISODE!

"When Driving is Not an Option with Anna Zivarts."

One-third of people in the US can’t drive. Those tens of millions of people are often invisible to planners and elected officials, and that’s why Anna Letitia Zivarts, a low-vision nondriver and activist has written a new book, "When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency." We talked with Anna about building a system that works for everyone.

https://thewaroncars.org/2024/05/07/125-when-driving-is-not-an-option-with-anna-zivarts/

#thewaroncars #podcast #transportation

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Pick up Anna's new book as well as books by former guests of the podcast and support independent booksellers at our official Bookshop dot org page.

https://bookshop.org/shop/thewaroncars

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Hey Mastodon friends, it's Bike Month so we're running a discount in our official store. 10% off on everything, including apparel and stickers.

Use code BIKEMONTH at checkout.

We rely on listener support to keep the podcast going and this is another way we keep the lights on.

Thanks for your support!

#thewaroncars #podcast

https://the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com/

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An excellent episode of @TheWarOnCars, which examines the creepy cult of Musk: https://overcast.fm/+O31qUmve4

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@tantramar Thank you!

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We just dropped a special bonus episode for Patreon subscribers! "Dodge’s 'Deeply Weird' Pitch for Electric Muscle Cars." A continuation of last week's Cybertruck discussion with author Ed Niedermeyer. Join and listen!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-dodges-for-102975980

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Episode 124: "Tesla Cybertrash with Ed Niedermeyer" just dropped! On the one hand, you don't want to give Elon Musk any more attention. After all, it's the thing he craves most. On the other hand, the world's only podcast dedicated to counter-programming car culture bears a heavy burden. We must try to make sense of the absolute piece of garbage that is the Tesla Cybertruck. This was a fun one. Hope you enjoy!
https://thewaroncars.org/2024/04/16/124-tesla-cybertrash-with-ed-niedermeyer/

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Sharing this gift link on rising car insurance prices. Insurance companies are evil (I've sued plenty!), but this is a larger problem than that, and the only solutions require we stop focusing our transportation policy around cars. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-12/cheap-auto-insurance-is-a-thing-of-the-past-here-are-5-reasons?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcxMzAxNTMxOCwiZXhwIjoxNzEzNjIwMTE4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTQlNPSFFUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4NzU5NDI1Q0VFODg0NjVCOUVDOUY4Nzg4MkRCMDlFNSJ9.Buzn4YcpMVG47M-6XbpzoWBZkTUvEz8o201s9Tone8I

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@Osteopenia_Powers @jackcole @maxkennerly Here you go! https://thewaroncars.org/2024/03/19/122-car-insurance-is-too-cheap/

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There's always a parking angle.

#earthquake

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Disneyland, welcome to The War on Gas-Powered Cars.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2024-04-02/column-disneyland-is-ditching-gas-cars-at-autopia-its-a-great-first-step-for-tomorrowland-boiling-point

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New episode!

"The Texas Freeway Fight with Megan Kimble."

In her new book, Kimble tells the stories of the communities in the path of TxDOT’s bulldozers and the brave Texans fighting to save their homes, neighborhoods, and cities from a seemingly implacable foe.

https://thewaroncars.org/2024/04/02/123-the-texas-freeway-fight-with-megan-kimble/

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@dave We are about two weeks behind on getting transcripts up. Almost fully caught up to the latest episode.

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New episode coming tomorrow!

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FYI, last day to save 10% in our everything in the official The War on Cars online store with code MARCHMADNESS.

https://the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com/

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"In 2022, cars killed 7,508 pedestrians, the equivalent of 18 fully-loaded Boeing 747s crashing with zero survivors. That means a pedestrian died roughly every 70 minutes, with no breaks in the tide of fatalities for weekends or holidays."

https://www.motor1.com/features/713936/pedestrian-deaths-emergency/

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A pretty historic moment in The War on Cars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/briefing/new-york-city-congestion-pricing-baltimore-bridge-collapse.html

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"Policing experts said traffic stops are deadlier for drivers and passengers than for police officers. From late 2016 to 2021, police killed more than 400 unarmed drivers or passengers across the country during traffic stops, according to the New York Times report. That’s a rate of about 1.5 civilians killed per week."

https://gothamist.com/news/after-nypd-officers-death-experts-warn-car-stops-pose-a-threat-to-police-and-drivers

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"Singh sets the package down outside the door, takes a photo and hops on his bike to his next stop. In the nearly 20 minutes it took me to go by car two miles across Manhattan, Singh biked the distance and made nine deliveries in the rain."

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/03/21/package-deliveries-are-clogging-city-streets/

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The good news here is that getting 217,802 Dodge Chargers off the road, at least temporarily, will probably lead to a measurable safety improvement for pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/automobiles/stellantis-airbag-recall.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ek0.sz9a.i0njiDncFqUN&smid=url-share

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Billy Joel, welcome to The War on Cars... and helicopters.

https://www.vulture.com/article/billy-joel-rides-madison-square-garden-train.html

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"The researchers pointed to vehicle traffic, coal and industrial emissions, particularly from brick kilns, as major sources of the region’s pollution."

Gift link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/climate/air-pollution-pm25.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eE0.mVbj.SxIYKkCc2gCD&smid=url-share

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TIL about “no-fault insurance states”: there are jurisdictions in the US where it is literally (legally) “not your fault” if you run someone over with your car 🤯

via @TheWarOnCars podcast

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@freezombie It's not quite that cut and dry. 'Fault' as determined by insurance and 'fault' as determined by the law or a police investigation are two separate things. There are no-fault states where one can claim against another driver's insurance depending on the type or severity of injury. For that, a legal determination of fault would have to be made.

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NEW EPISODE: "Car Insurance is Too Cheap."

It's never been more expensive to insure a car, but coverage barely covers the full personal and societal harm of car crashes, something we all pay for whether we drive or not — and that traffic violence victims subsidize with their life and limb.

Available wherever you get your podcasts.

https://thewaroncars.org/2024/03/19/122-car-insurance-is-too-cheap/

#thewaroncars #insurance #podcast

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@MonKaiju Thanks for the comment. We quite literally say in the episode that raising insurance rates is not a solution not only because it would be a political challenge but because rates are already "busting the budgets" of many Americans and chipping away at the gains made my softening inflation. Nowhere in the episode did we simply say that rates should go up and leave it at that.

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@MonKaiju Additionally, the episode acknowledges right at the top that finding a solution in a country where car ownership is "a ticket to full participation in society" makes this issue all the more challenging.

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