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NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture, Part 2." We examine the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 through the lens of two neighborhoods in New Orleans and Syracuse that were destroyed in the name of progress and the national defense. LISTEN:

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Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 06/01/2026 · 31m

Congestion pricing "has been a striking success. Traffic speeds have increased. Pollution is down. The fee is generating a large amount of revenue for the city’s transit system. And predictions that it would be bad for business have proved completely wrong."

Notes on New York

The Big Apple had a pretty good 2025, but …

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Spotted in Houston: two hacked variable message signs. That the signs were placed on the sidewalk, blocking pedestrian access, makes the messages all the more urgent.

"Denver transportation officials said an anti-car message that was displayed on traffic signs in Denver on Friday was the result of a hack. One sign, photographed by The Denver Gazette on Friday evening at E. Colfax Ave & Lincoln St near the Colorado Capitol, shared the message 'Cars ruin cities.'"

'Cars ruin cities' signs in Denver were hacked, officials say - Denver Gazette

Denver transportation officials said an anti-car message that was displayed on traffic signs in Denver on Friday was the result of a hack.

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NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture." Producer Ilana Strauss talks to historian Peter Norton about the two men who, in the 1920s, teamed up to sell more cars and shape the way cities handle traffic. Their legacy can be felt across the country today.

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The Creation of America

Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 11/11/2025 · 30m

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Wow! What a great review of LIFE AFTER CARS: "Those new to thinking about the automobile’s reign of terror on society might bristle at the book’s explicitly anti-car message, but the authors aren’t throwing around assertions they can’t back up. By covering a range of topics in one volume, Life After Cars provides openings for new people to enlist in the (proverbial) war on cars." https://www.portlandmercury.com/transportation/2025/10/31/48098753/do-you-believe-in-life-after-cars