{"podcast":{"title":"The War on Cars","slug":"the-war-on-cars-1150531","podcast_index_feed_id":1150531,"rss_url":"https://waroncars.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://thewaroncars.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/4/c/c/94ccd3c1b88e75b9e5bbc093207a2619/TWOC_Logo_final_3000_x_3000.png","author":"The War on Cars, LLC","episode_count":246,"summary":"The War on Cars brings you news, commentary and stories about the worldwide battle to undo a century's worth of damage wrought by the automobile.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T22:17:16.983813+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-on-cars-1150531"},"episode":{"title":"America's Hidden Desire to Live Car-Free","slug":"america-s-hidden-desire-to-live-car-free","published_at":"2026-03-10T10:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-on-cars-1150531/america-s-hidden-desire-to-live-car-free","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-on-cars-1150531","url":"https://thewaroncars.org/twc_031026_mixv1","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/waroncars/TWC_031026_mixV1.mp3?dest-id=807818","summary":"Do people really like our all-enveloping autocentric system quite as much as everyone keeps saying they do? What kind of communities would they live in if given the choice? The answers, as a new study shows, are not exactly what so many of us have been told. Nearly one in five American car owners is \"strongly interested\" in living car-free, and another 40 percent are open to the idea. We talked about the implications of that study with its authors, Nicole Corcoran, Deborah Salon, and Hue-Tam Jamme, researchers at the Arizona State University School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning in Tempe. Check out their research . Join The War on Cars on Patreon and listen to exclusive ad-free versions of regular episodes, Patreon-only bonus content, Discord access, invitations to live events, merch discounts and free stickers! Order our new book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, out now from Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Find us on tour and get tickets at lifeaftercars.com . Thanks to Upway for sponsoring this episode. Use this link and save $100 off any order of $800 or more with the code TWOC100. Thanks also to Cleverhood . Listen to this episode for the latest discount code and get 15% off the best rain gear for walking and cycling. The War on Cars is produced with support from the Helen and William Mazer Foundation. TheWarOnCars.org","meta_description":"Do people really like our all-enveloping autocentric system quite as much as everyone keeps saying they do? What kind of communities would they live in if…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2754,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-war-on-cars-1150531/episodes/america-s-hidden-desire-to-live-car-free/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-on-cars-1150531/america-s-hidden-desire-to-live-car-free.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}