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<p>A podcast about the fight against car culture. </p><p>Please support us on Patreon!</p>

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    NEW EPISODE: &quot;Doug Ford Versus Toronto&#39;s Bike Lanes.&quot; The Ontario Premier is making good on his threats to rip out Toronto&#39;s cycling infrastructure. But people aren&#39;t taking it lying down. Michael Longfield of Cycle Toronto and Bronwyn Roe of Ecojustice Canada join us to discuss. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/doug-ford-versus-torontos-bike-lanes/id1437755068?i=1000797241930 #toronto #biketooter #canada #ontario

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    &quot;It seems the premier interpreted the podcast’s name as a rallying cry against automobiles, rather than a critique of car-dominated transportation policies. The irony is that The War on Cars has spent years challenging the kind of thinking that puts drivers ahead of everyone else on city streets.&quot; https://momentummag.com/doug-ford-accidentally-endorses-the-war-on-cars-podcast-in-hilarious-bike-lane-exchange/

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    &quot;Drivers once hit a wild animal about once a day on a stretch of highway between Colorado’s two most populous cities, Denver and Colorado Springs. In the roughly 10 months since North America’s largest wildlife overpass opened across Interstate 25 between Larkspur and Monument, drivers have hit two animals, according to state wildlife managers and transportation officials — a 91% drop.&quot; https://coloradosun.com/2026/10/14/i25-wildlife-overpass-collisions-drop/

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    Thanks Tombolo Books in St. Pete for carrying Life After Cars. They said it&#39;s been a big seller and now there&#39;s a signed copy on the shelves! What a great bookstore. https://tombolobooks.com/ #florida #biketooter #books

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    &quot;The chemical, called 6PPD-Q, is formed when fine tire particles meet ozone. That happens anytime new chunks of tire are exposed to the air, meaning the particle may be nearly ubiquitous in car-heavy environments.&quot; https://futurism.com/health-medicine/chemical-causing-alzheimers-disease-brain-damage-tires

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    These are words to describe a vehicle designed to be operated in public space: &quot;Everything else about the TRX is so aggressively in-your-face, from its additional 20 centimetres of width and blood-red badging to the T-Rex on its tailgate and the banshee wail of the engine’s supercharger.&quot; https://www.thestar.com/life/autos/ram-s-777-horsepower-super-truck-is-the-modern-american-sports-car/article_981d7a60-0e46-41d0-9eab-3b0e617495fe.html

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    New set of signed copies of LIFE AFTER CARS at Community Bookstore in Park Slope! Go get &#39;em. And if you&#39;re not local, we sell signed books via our new store. https://thewaroncars.store/ #biketooter #books #book

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    &quot;Tracking data from 2005 to 2023, the findings document fatality rates falling per-trip by 88% in Paris, 82% in London, 62% in New York City (NYC), and 37% in Berlin, per 10 million bicycle trips. The cyclist serious injury rate fell by 62% in NYC, 50% in London, and 37% in Berlin.&quot; https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/post-pandemic-cycling-boom-in-major-cities-as-cyclist-safety-improved-thanks-to-more-and-better-cycling-infrastructure/

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    NEW: &quot;Fine, We&#39;re Doing a Helmet Episode.&quot; After New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a social media video showing him listening to concerned citizens and deciding to wear a bicycle helmet, social media exploded. What is it about the mere mention of bicycle helmets that causes the conversation about bike safety to go off the rails? What are we talking about—or not talking about—when we&#39;re talking about helmets? https://podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/fine-were-doing-a-helm...

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    Inga Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer just called Life After Cars &quot;a rousing call to arms.&quot; Get your copy wherever books are sold. https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/cars-mobility-greenhouse-gas-public-transit-20260831.html?id=GEkUiXvwJ4Slc&amp;utm_source=social&amp;utm_campaign=gift_link&amp;utm_medium=referral

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    &quot;As it is, many American communities, regardless of politics, have embraced bike-friendly policies, on the grounds that bikes are good for the planet, for the body, and address congestion by taking cars off the road. Often inspired by bike-friendly European cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam, the moves are a major shift in the way American communities approach transportation planning.&quot; https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/politics/trump-bike-lanes-funding-dei.html?unlocked_article_...

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    &quot;Once the car became the American way of life, we essentially morphed into a series of car companies with a minor country problem.&quot; A fantastic video on how cars took over and what we can do to get American biking again. Via @climatetown@mastodon.scot feat. @notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com https://youtu.be/dWHCef7F8gY

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    &quot;A selling point for the car is that it supposedly allows the driver to go anywhere they want at any time; in practice it creates an uneasy mass of cars squeezing along the same highways at the same time, headed for the same destinations. The only personal liberty really left to drivers is the personal liberty to be assholes to one another, and we cling to it desperately.&quot; https://defector.com/every-right-on-red-frays-the-social-contract-a-little-further

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    &quot;Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) found a restoration of lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution.&quot; https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/ulez-better-lung-size-function-london-children

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    RE: https://social.notjustbikes.com/@notjustbikes/117032291431471097 Exactly. The Dutch model works really well for enabling cycling to and from stations without clogging trains with private bikes that crowd out other people or that otherwise make for an unpleasant experience. It&#39;s: 1. Ride your personal bike and leave it at a secure bicycle parking at your local station. 2. Take the train. 3. Pick up an OV-fiets at your destination station. 4. Reverse the process for the return journe...

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    &quot;Cars can be weapons, and the ubiquity of guns and cars in our society means a single crazy person is always going to be able to do huge amounts of damage if they want to. The only way to stop that is to limit them, which nobody in power seems to want to do.&quot; https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/02/summer-bummer-annual-car-free-street-event-squeezed-in-nypd-overkill

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    It&#39;s not just advocates who say this. Researchers, studies, and data say it. That&#39;s why advocates say it. Reporters can just say it, too! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/bike-lanes-defund-trump-administration-dei

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    &quot;...the White House has just ordered 250 brand new Cadillac Escalades, giant SUVs which have a suggested retail price of more than $90,000 each and cost significantly more to customize for secure uses.&quot; https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/trump-general-motors-escalades

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    Even so, we are not welcoming him to The War on Cars. https://www.jalopnik.com/2224641/trump-joins-war-on-cars-mary-barra-gm-rally/

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    Gallup: &quot;One in three U.S. adults (34%) name road-related accidents as their most top-of-mind daily safety risk, more than twice the global average of 14%. Roughly one in five (19%) point to crime and violence, compared with a global average of 10%.&quot; https://news.gallup.com/poll/712673/americans-lead-world-viewing-politics-risk-safety.aspx

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    &quot;Camera trap footage revealed that, over 15 months, the aerial wildlife crossings enabled 15,000 safe crossings by arboreal animals — and not a single roadkill.&quot; https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/zero-roadkill-as-amazon-canopy-bridges-secure-15000-crossings/

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    Good, but &quot;Wu’s letter, shared with WBUR, committed the city to consulting with outside advisors to &#39;assess&#39; the Streets Cabinet&quot; is a bit of a 🚩🚩🚩 here. https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/07/24/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-street-planning-louisa-gag

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    Just 5 XLs left. We will also throw in some free stickers. https://thewaroncars.store/products/book-tour-t-shirt

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    Since the city officially committed to Vision Zero in 2017, signing on to a global campaign to eliminate traffic deaths, it has gradually built out a strategy for reducing traffic collisions based on best practices in roadway design and enforcement.&quot; https://www.governing.com/infrastructure/this-new-england-city-hasnt-had-a-traffic-death-in-three-years

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    &quot;...a 10cm increase in bonnet height from 80cm to 90cm results in a 27% greater chance of death for pedestrians run over. For children, the risk of death is increased threefold if they are hit by an SUV rather than a conventional vehicle.&quot; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/12/britain-car-suv-big-large-vehicle-road-pedestrians?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;CMP=bsky_gu&amp;utm_medium=&amp;utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1783871139

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    We&#39;re in the midst of a transportation revolution: &quot;Demand for electric cargo bikes in the U.S. is projected to grow from $370 million in 2025 to about $1.54 billion by 2035, an increase of 318.5%, according to Fact.MR, a market research firm.&quot; https://www.twincities.com/2026/07/11/cargo-bikes-st-paul-families/?share=hpsspaewbcotsscrn0ki

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    “One of the concerns about congestion pricing was that it would encourage ‘park-and-ride’ behavior, making it more difficult to park in certain New York City neighborhoods. After the largest parking data collection DOT has ever undertaken, we didn’t see that happen.” https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/06/parking-is-never-easy

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    &quot;...we find that the January 2025 implementation of congestion pricing reduced passenger vehicle traffic by roughly 21 percent near the boundary and improved total EMS travel times by 63–70 seconds, approximately 5–6 percent. Effects emerged quickly and show little evidence of displacement to adjacent areas... These findings suggest that cost-benefit analyses of congestion pricing systematically understate net social benefits by omitting emergency response improvements.&quot; https://www.n...

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    &quot;Juvenile male elephant seals need to practice for dominance battles in which adults rear up and crash their chests together... with no other juveniles to practice with, Neil can only rehearse on Toyotas.&quot; Neil the seal, welcome to The War on Cars. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/03/g-s1-131911/australia-trouble-making-seal

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    We&#39;ll be taking a summer social media break. Don&#39;t worry, we&#39;ll still be releasing episodes! For now, enjoy a 20% discount on all apparel in our official store through the end of August. Stock up on The War on Cars t-shirts, tour shirts, hoodies, and more. Use code TWOCSUMMER at checkout. https://the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com/ #podcast