The War on Cars

Big news! On Thursday, January 15th we'll be sharing the stage with Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com for a double book event at the Miracle Theater in Coral Gables, FL hosted by @transitmia.bsky.social. Don't miss this epic team-up! https://purchase.actorsplayhouse.org/EventAvailability?EventId=14801

Spotted in Houston: two hacked variable message signs. That the signs were placed on the sidewalk, blocking pedestrian access, makes the messages all the more urgent.

"Denver transportation officials said an anti-car message that was displayed on traffic signs in Denver on Friday was the result of a hack. One sign, photographed by The Denver Gazette on Friday evening at E. Colfax Ave & Lincoln St near the Colorado Capitol, shared the message 'Cars ruin cities.'"

'Cars ruin cities' signs in Denver were hacked, officials say - Denver Gazette

Denver transportation officials said an anti-car message that was displayed on traffic signs in Denver on Friday was the result of a hack.

NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture." Producer Ilana Strauss talks to historian Peter Norton about the two men who, in the 1920s, teamed up to sell more cars and shape the way cities handle traffic. Their legacy can be felt across the country today.

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The Creation of America

Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 11/11/2025 · 30m

Thanks @npub1jtry...eyqs for your endorsement of our new book, LIFE AFTER CARS. Available wherever books are sold!

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Life After Cars

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Wow! What a great review of LIFE AFTER CARS: "Those new to thinking about the automobile’s reign of terror on society might bristle at the book’s explicitly anti-car message, but the authors aren’t throwing around assertions they can’t back up. By covering a range of topics in one volume, Life After Cars provides openings for new people to enlist in the (proverbial) war on cars." https://www.portlandmercury.com/transportation/2025/10/31/48098753/do-you-believe-in-life-after-cars

It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable! Please buy the book and spread the word!

Life After Cars

Life After Cars

"Tactical urbanism has the power to pierce the automotive bubble that so frequently surrounds politicians — sometimes in an almost literal sense, because so many elected officials are driven everywhere." Read an excerpt from "Life After Cars," out tomorrow!

How Tactical Urbanists Make the Water Visible to the Fish

Revisiting an early movement to take over on-street parking and reclaim it for people.

Let us know if you see these around New York tomorrow on your commute. “Life After Cars” comes out on Tuesday!

Life After Cars

Life After Cars

A reminder that you can get a signed copy of "Life After Cars" from Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn — and they'll ship anywhere in the U.S. To secure a signed copy, you MUST indicate in the Order Comments section at checkout that you'd like your book signed; otherwise, you may receive an unsigned book. Autographed preorders will not be available anywhere else — order yours today!

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Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything—and what we can do to fight backWh...