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Life after cars : freeing ourselves from the tyranny of the automobile / Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek.
Lippincott Library HE5623 .G666 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodyear, Sarah, 1963- author.
- Gordon, Doug, 1973 or 1974- author.
- Naparstek, Aaron, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Automobiles--Social aspects--United States.
- Automobiles.
- Automobiles--Social aspects.
- Transportation--Social aspects--United States.
- Transportation.
- Transportation--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025]
- Summary:
- "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. 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. In Life After Cars, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, hosts of the fan-favorite podcast The War of Cars, along with former host Aaron Naparstek, unpack the scale of damage that cars cause, the forces that have created our current crisis, the stakeholders invested in perpetuating car dependence, and the way that the fight for better transportation is deeply linked to the fight for a more equitable and just dociety."--Dust jacket flap.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: How we got here. A brief history of the war on cars
- Car culture and bikelash
- Part II: How cars ruin everything. Cars ruin childhood
- Cars ruin nature
- Cars are kiling us
- Cars ruin soiety
- Cars are unjust
- Part III: How we get free. designing a better world
- Political will
- Do it yourself
- Conclusion: Moving toward a life after cars.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-267) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Goodyear, Sarah Life after cars
- ISBN:
- 9780593850725
- 0593850726
- OCLC:
- 1492259855
- Publisher Number:
- 90102768096
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