Dispatches from Book Tour, Part 2
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Traveling across several U.S. cities, the hosts share vivid impressions from Providence, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Denver, and Boulder, highlighting each city's unique urban design, transit challenges, and vibrant advocacy communities. They discuss issues like highway expansion, parking overabundance, transit funding crises, and homelessness, while celebrating local culture, food, and grassroots activism. The episode also reflects on the emotional impact of meeting passionate advocates and the complexities of building walkable, bike-friendly cities amid sprawling development and political obstacles. A surprise flight diversion to Detroit humorously caps their journey.
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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