Fighting for Federal Transportation Dollars with Mike McGinn
How will the United States spend $580 billion in federal funds for transportation over the next five years? That's the question facing Congr...
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The War on Cars
The War on Cars is a podcast about car culture, mobility and the future of cities. We bring you news, commentary and stories about the worldwide battle to undo a century's worth of damage wr...
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20 of 253 episodesFine, We're Doing a Helmet Episode
After New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a social media video showing him listening to concerned citizens and deciding to wear a bicy...
PREVIEW: What Bicycles Can Do for Cities, via Velo-city 2026
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Let's Get Political [Re-release]
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Human Transit with Jarrett Walker
Jarrett Walker's career has been dedicated to improving the quality of public transit in the United States and beyond. A specialist in bus n...
PREVIEW: Bike is Best with Adam Tranter
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Final Dispatches from Book Tour
Our final Life After Cars book tour roundup episode is here, with our reports from Atlanta, Memphis, Chicago, Montréal, Orlando, Portland, M...
Sidewalk Nation
In most parts of the United States and elsewhere, sidewalks exist in a legal grey area. They are public spaces that, at least when it comes...
PREVIEW: Urban Planning Pop with Pondless
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Rethinking Criminal Consequences for Drivers Who Kill
What should happen to drivers who kill or injure someone with their car? Does a focus on punishment for "reckless" or "dangerous" drivers le...
Changing Lanes
What does it take to make a street safer for everyone? In the US, it typically requires a combination of tragedy, grassroots organizing, and...
PREVIEW: Sean Duffy's Great American Road Grift
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Taking the Transportation Fight to Congress from NY-7
Antonio Reynoso, Claire Valdez, and Julie Won are all running in the June 23 Democratic primary for New York's 7th congressional district. T...
A Physical Education with Casey Johnston
Just as it is with road safety, so much of how Americans talk about health pushes the responsibility for eating right and exercising onto th...
Streets for Play, Streets for Freedom
Streets can be more than places to move and store cars—they can be places for children to grow and thrive. Alice Ferguson and Tim Gill are t...
EPISODE 170: A Doctor's View of Traffic Violence
We talk with a guest who knows firsthand just how destructive cars can be. Dr. Rex Tai is a physician who works in long-term care. Many of h...
PREVIEW: Let's Get Political
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Tony Kushner on The Pushcart War
The Pushcart War —written by Jean Merrill and illustrated by Ronni Solbert and first published in 1964—is a charming and provocative childre...
America's Hidden Desire to Live Car-Free
Do people really like our all-enveloping autocentric system quite as much as everyone keeps saying they do? What kind of communities would t...
PREVIEW: What Snow Reveals About Cities (Plus More From Our Book Tour)
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