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LIFE AFTER CARS
Aaron Naparstek Doug Gordon Sarah Goodyear
Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back
When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technological marvel, predicted to make life easier and better for all Americans; yet a hundred years later, that dream is running on empty. Globally, SUVs alone now emit more carbon than the nations of Germany, South Korea, or Japan.
Instead of unbounded freedom, the never-ending proliferation of automobiles has delivered a host of costs, among them the demolition of our neighborhoods, towns, and cities to make way for car infrastructure; an epidemic of violent death; countless hours lost in traffic; isolation from our fellow human beings; and the ongoing destruction of the natural world.
That's why we need Life After Cars. Through historical records, revealing interviews, and unflinching statistics, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, hosts of the podcast The War on Cars, and former host Aaron Naparstek unpack the scale of damage that cars cause, the forces that have created our current crisis and are invested in perpetuating it, and the way that the fight for better transportation is deeply linked to the fight for a more equitable and just society.
Cars as we know them today are unsustainablebut there is hope. Life After Cars will arm readers with the tools they need to implement real, transformative change, from simply raising awareness to taking a stand at public forums. It's past time to radically rethinkand shrinksociety's collective relationship with the automobile. Together, let's create a better Life After Cars.
Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek came together to create The War on Cars in 2018 out of a sense that no one was covering the topic in the way they felt it deserved. Aaron is the founding editor of Streetsblog, a news site that launched in 2006 and is dedicated to what was then called New York's "livable streets" renaissance. Sarah, a journalist and author, joined the Streetsblog reporting team soon after the launch and later went on to cover cities and transportation for publications such as Grist and CityLab. Doug, a TV producer and writer, is also a neighborhood safe streets advocate better known online as Brooklyn Spoke. They reside with their families in Brooklyn.
Instead of unbounded freedom, the never-ending proliferation of automobiles has delivered a host of costs, among them the demolition of our neighborhoods, towns, and cities to make way for car infrastructure; an epidemic of violent death; countless hours lost in traffic; isolation from our fellow human beings; and the ongoing destruction of the natural world.
That's why we need Life After Cars. Through historical records, revealing interviews, and unflinching statistics, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, hosts of the podcast The War on Cars, and former host Aaron Naparstek unpack the scale of damage that cars cause, the forces that have created our current crisis and are invested in perpetuating it, and the way that the fight for better transportation is deeply linked to the fight for a more equitable and just society.
Cars as we know them today are unsustainablebut there is hope. Life After Cars will arm readers with the tools they need to implement real, transformative change, from simply raising awareness to taking a stand at public forums. It's past time to radically rethinkand shrinksociety's collective relationship with the automobile. Together, let's create a better Life After Cars.
Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek came together to create The War on Cars in 2018 out of a sense that no one was covering the topic in the way they felt it deserved. Aaron is the founding editor of Streetsblog, a news site that launched in 2006 and is dedicated to what was then called New York's "livable streets" renaissance. Sarah, a journalist and author, joined the Streetsblog reporting team soon after the launch and later went on to cover cities and transportation for publications such as Grist and CityLab. Doug, a TV producer and writer, is also a neighborhood safe streets advocate better known online as Brooklyn Spoke. They reside with their families in Brooklyn.
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Published 2025-10-21 by Thesis |