The before/after is remarkable. This is what we mean when we say "Life After Cars."

Here's one of Barcelona's famous superillas, or superblocks, on Rocafort-Consell de Cent. All of this used to be asphalt and space for moving and storing cars. Now it's green, quiet, calm, and safe.

My parents recently visited and started to do this. My dad is a retired minister. I asked him plainly. "How many people have you buried from car accidents, how many from crime? " He never brought up the big scary city again

Made for us by a listener. Where should we put it? www.lifeaftercars.com

This machine fights fascists.

Fascinating study. Note that this is 1 in 10 adults. Factor in children and the percentage of non-driving Americans is much higher. Cities and towns need to account for their mobility needs too.

Despite the so-called “war on cars”, there are still lots of roads in Montreal to drive or park your car on. Most of them, actually.

What a state of affairs that 150,000 UK jobs have somehow become dependent on selling overly dangerous, over-polluting vanity wagons

Another beautiful Saturday in ‘War Ravaged Portland’.

“Imagine you had a good bike lane in your suburb. Imagine the buses came frequently. Those things would give you choices. But in our country, despite all the talk of liberty, we're rapidly disinvesting in all the things that would give people choices.” @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Fascinating study. Note that this is 1 in 10 adults. Factor in children and the percentage of non-driving Americans is much higher. Cities and towns need to account for their mobility needs too.

Motonormativity in action: my city's main hospital has been built miles outside the city, up by a motorway junction. You want to get there but you can't drive? Tough, your time has no value

And our last clip from the event for now: Ray (@nerd4cities.bsky.social) elegantly explains the high cost of car-ownership, but how people don't notice what it costs them - not just in money, but in health and community.

Trump administration: pro running over babies in strollers. www.rawstory.com/trump-267403...

Small traffic signals at human height in Barcelona. It’s wonderful how dimensions and scale shrink when you design for people, not cars.

The other day, I had the chance to interview Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo about how, with political courage, she transformed her city for the better. AND...I got to give her a copy of our forthcoming book, which she is prominently featured in. What a thrill. @thewaroncars.bsky.social episode coming.

Does he know every time he comes to one of these things he’s getting more people to ride public transit 😇

Barcelona, welcome to The War on Cars.

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

Driving.

Not every hardware trip needs a trailer (or a car/truck). Most of the time, a milk crate or pannier can handle the job quite nicely! If only they would install bike racks so I wouldn’t have to lock to a tree. @thewaroncars.bsky.social

My child has the maturity of a 9yo pedestrian but the body of a 5-6yo. She deserves a world where it is safe for her to walk around her neighborhood.

Lots of (appropriate) dunking on this article, but I haven’t seen many people with this particular dunk: cars are HUGE now! The biggest SUVs are SEVEN FEET TALL and have a FIFTEEN FOOT front blind spot. My teeny tiny 8yo doesn’t stand a chance against these.

I have been driving for 20 years and never once got a speeding ticket. Speed cameras work, they save lives, you can very easily avoid fines by driving like a normal person. Most people know this, too. That's why they're popular.

"Why are we treated like cars by the law, but like obnoxious and unwelcome obstructions by people in cars?" Flyer for the very first Critical Mass ride, which took place on September 25, 1992 in San Francisco. Critical Mass rides have since been held in more than 300 cities around the world.

We talk about exactly this on @thewaroncars.bsky.social and also in our book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, which comes out on October 21. lifeaftercars.com

Such an honor to be in conversation with Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who has transformed Paris, and all the other distinguished panelists. @cleancitiescampaign.org and @respireasso.bsky.social organized a wonderful event!

#Innsbruck, Landhausplatz @thewaroncars.bsky.social

In nearly all of those 148: Tesla doors remained .. closed Meanwhile: Nissan Leaf, on road since 2009 and best sold single EV model worldwide on 1-1-2020: Zero fire deaths .. Picture from Germany 12 days ago: Tesla driver + two 9-year olds burned alive. All doors closed, rescuers helpless ..

This past weekend Londoners got a glimpse of the future of Oxford Street as it went traffic-free for the day. Here’s what they thought ⬇️

New BONUS episode: Cars have become the nation’s premier social media content studios. Author/journalist Matthew Rodriguez joins us to discuss how cars are the backdrop for the great unscrolling American self-documentation effort. Subscribe and listen!

"If we keep chasing mobility (congestion-busting) for its own sake, we’ll spread ourselves thin, and proximity will wither. If we chase proximity alone, we risk isolation. The most successful cities historically valued proximity more..." @transportist.net explainer. transportist.org/2025/09/24/p...

Driver who racks up between $300 and $400 a month in speeding and parking tickets feels like he’s "being bullied.” www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

“If there’s a group in Chicago that advocates on behalf of anything, it’s the people who are advocating for bike lanes and bikers,” he told reporters. “Your advocacy is paying dividends for the people of Chicago.” Proud to be among the advocates in attendance yesterday. Let's keep making roads safe

"Business owners — who often drive themselves — consistently overestimate the share of their customer base who arrive by car, often by enormous margins." streets.mn/2025/09/24/c...

Sorry but parking "cops" are good, unarmed civil servants rightly ensuring access to public spaces remain accessible. I own a car and almost never get parking tickets because I park correctly and in consideration of other people who need curbspace.

DC! See you next month. Get tickets now.

I don’t think that we should underrate how nice it is that the @thewaroncars.bsky.social opening theme song pulsates back and forth from left to right speaker. Feels like a brain massage when you’re wearing headphones.

Washington, DC! Don’t miss our Life After Cars book event/live show on October 30th at the Black Cat. Special guests TBA! www.etix.com/ticket/p/855...

It was such a joy and an honor to talk with Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and all these panelists yesterday as part of Climate Week. Cities are a huge part of the solution to the crisis we face. Mayors with political courage. are leading the way.

whoa. Every single one of the Sinclair advert buyers on this list is automotive or automotive related (insurance). That is one aspect of the power in our society held by car companies that I haven't seen studied enough.

Washington, DC! Don’t miss our Life After Cars book event/live show on October 30th at the Black Cat. Special guests TBA! www.etix.com/ticket/p/855...

I am once again asking @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to come on The War on Cars podcast to talk about his transportation, public space, and climate policies.

The Trump administration has canceled grants for street safety, pedestrian trails, and bike lanes in communities around the country. One official wrote that a project was canceled because it created "a road diet that is hostile to motor vehicles." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

So proud of and excited for my co-host and co-author! We’ll be bringing you this conversation on an upcoming episode of the podcast.

We are live in a very poorly lighted room with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and @thewaroncars.bsky.social hosy @sgoodyear.bsky.social talking about making cities better. #ThisIsStreetsblog.

Part of the issue with people saying you can't cycle in winter/rain/wind/whatever is because they haven't tried and if they did they'd find out it's almost always fine but another is that we've normalised driving in unsafe conditions and, crucially, being expected to drive in unsafe conditions.

When your new book cover and podcast logo match the city bike share system’s color scheme… In Katowice, Poland.

Great to meet a legend of the movement and one of my favorite podcast guests!

When your new book cover and podcast logo match the city bike share system’s color scheme… In Katowice, Poland.