"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.
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.
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.
@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.
@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.
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 🤯
@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.
Our annual Super Bowl roundup is here! In our latest episode we take a look at the car ads that aired during the Big Game. Featuring beloved senior celebrities, reckless driving and stories that tugged at our heartstrings. What do they say about culture and the US?
I love how film shoots are one of the very few reasons for temporarily getting rid of street parking. Granted, lots of the space is needed for massive trailers. But another reason is making #NYC streets look the way we'd want them to look. @TheWarOnCars
@gwagner It's an interesting phenomenon because for as much as drivers complain about finding parking, clearly there are enough places for their cars to go.
Transporting triplets around Brooklyn in an inexpensive e-mobility scooter with a big plastic bin bolted to the back helped Baruch Herzfeld develop the idea for a battery-swapping start-up that seeks to revolutionize New York City transportation.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, vowing to end "the war on motorists," has launched a culture war against policies meant to protect people, the British economy and the planet. The Guardian's Peter Walker joins us to discuss.
In "Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Harms Our Health and the Environment," Grant Ennis identifies "nine devious frames" industries such as car manufacturers use to maintain a status quo that harms human health and the planet.