Whoops! The Liberal Blind Spot for Cars
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
When New York City mayor Bill de Blasio went on ABC's "The View" to discuss universal health care, little did he know he'd be on the receiving end of an epic anti-bike-lane rant courtesy of Oscar-winner and daily car commuter Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi's fact-free diatribe exposed one of the biggest obstacles cities face as they try to modernize their transportation systems: The liberal blind spot for cars. In this special episode of The War on Cars, we discuss why it is that even the most liberal people in the most progressive cities are so often unable to see the problems wrought by automobiles, much less support alternative forms of transportation. Plus, as civilization faces a looming climate catastrophe, can the Green New Deal offer some hope or will Baby Boomer talk show hosts doom us all?
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SHOW NOTES:
Whoopi Goldberg slams Bill de Blasio on 'The View' over NYC bike lanes (NY Post)
Day Two: Whoopi Goldberg still pissed over NYC bike lanes (NY Post)
Mom of slain cyclist slams Whoop Goldberg for bike lane gripes (NY Post)
Whoopi issues non-apology to families of people killed by drivers. (@WhoopiGoldberg)
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| 0:00.0 | There's some language in this episode that some listeners may find offensive. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Sarah Goodyear. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Doug Gordon and I'm Aaron Napersack and this is a special report of the War on Cars. |
| 0:16.0 | Breaking news, we take you now to Midtown Manhattan to the set of the ABC daytime talk show, The View, where sources say co-host Whoopi Goldberg |
| 0:26.8 | is confronting New York City Mayor Bill DiBlazio over the inconveniences she faces |
| 0:32.0 | driving into work from New Jersey every morning. |
| 0:34.0 | So I like all of that that all sounds good. |
| 0:37.0 | You know what's really pissing me off? |
| 0:39.0 | What? I've never heard you pissed off before. |
| 0:42.0 | No, you actually haven't. |
| 0:45.0 | You've built 83 miles of protected bike lanes, okay? |
| 0:50.0 | That woman is... And I like bikes, I like people who ride, but I don't think you understand the impact of taking something like 10th Avenue, which is six lanes down to two and a half. |
| 1:08.8 | Particularly when you have a... |
| 1:10.0 | Okay, I might die from listening to that tape. |
| 1:13.6 | It's so bad. |
| 1:15.0 | It's really one of the stupidest things I've heard in many years. |
| 1:19.1 | Everything is so dumb right now. |
| 1:20.7 | It is just so dumb. |
| 1:22.4 | Why is it that so often the most? right now. It is just so dumb. Yeah. |
| 1:23.0 | Why is it that so often the most liberal and progressive people in the most liberal and progressive |
| 1:28.8 | neighborhoods and the most liberal and progressive cities are fighting so hard against even the smallest efforts to |
| 1:35.1 | improve transit biking, affordable housing and things like that. And so this week |
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