Dispatches from Book Tour, Part 2
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
We are back home in Brooklyn but we can't stop talking about everything we saw out on the road on our Life After Cars book tour. Listen for our takes on the second leg of our trip, which took us from Providence to Austin to Houston to Denver to Boulder…and then ended with a surprise diversion to an unexpected destination. We've seen so much along the way—like just how destructive freeway expansions can be. But also how cities can reclaim automobile infrastructure for humans! Plus, a shout-out to all the people who took such good care of us along the way.
Our book tour continues! Find out where we'll be next at lifeaftercars.com.
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| 0:00.0 | So we're recording right now, and it is pouring outside in Brooklyn. |
| 0:07.9 | Yeah, it's one of those rains where they actually send you an alert on your phone about it. |
| 0:12.2 | Yeah, I would like an alert on my phone that tells me to wear a clever hood. |
| 0:15.9 | That would be a really good way of making these kind of dire announcements a little more cheery. |
| 0:20.6 | That's right, because if you do put on your cleverhood, then you can just go outside, |
| 0:25.6 | you're not made of sugar, you won't melt, you will be able to enjoy the day. |
| 0:29.6 | I rode a bike over here, I'm wearing my cleverhood. |
| 0:33.6 | I walked over here wearing my cleverhood. |
| 0:35.6 | We both ignored the emergency of warnings. Maybe we're |
| 0:39.9 | going to get hit by flying debris, but we will be stylish and we will be dry in our cleverheads. |
| 0:46.2 | And you too could feel this sense of confidence in the face of even rather alarming weather alerts. |
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| 1:04.9 | Just go to cleverhood.com slash war on cars. |
| 1:09.3 | Cleverhood. Don't be alarmed by the weather. |
| 1:12.4 | Just check your phone. |
| 1:31.8 | This is the War on Cars. |
| 1:35.7 | I'm Sarah Goodyear here with my co-host, Doug Gordon. |
| 1:36.8 | Hello, Doug. |
| 1:37.2 | Hello. |
| 1:38.6 | How you doing? |
| 1:39.8 | Good. |
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