{"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":"Streets for Play, Streets for Freedom","slug":"streets-for-play-streets-for-freedom","published_at":"2026-04-28T10:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-on-cars-1150531/streets-for-play-streets-for-freedom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-on-cars-1150531","url":"https://thewaroncars.org/streets-for-play-streets-for-freedom","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/waroncars/27042026_TWOC_TimAlice_ADS_Final_02.mp3?dest-id=807818","summary":"Streets can be more than places to move and store cars—they can be places for children to grow and thrive. Alice Ferguson and Tim Gill are the UK-based authors of a new paper called \" Streets for Play, Streets for Freedom: How a 'child lens' would transform transport policy .\" Each of them has decades of experience in envisioning a world where children can use streets safely and happily. Together they are calling for a \"radical, child-centric approach to transport policy and planning.\" *** 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!*** Listen to our interview with Tim Gill from last fall. Read Tim's book, Urban Playground . Learn more about the Playing Out movement. 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. Get the book and find us on tour at LifeAfterCars.com . Thanks to Upway for sponsoring this episode. Use this link to sell your bike . You can also 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. TheWarOnCars.org","meta_description":"Streets can be more than places to move and store cars—they can be places for children to grow and thrive. Alice Ferguson and Tim Gill are the UK-based au…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2553,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-war-on-cars-1150531/episodes/streets-for-play-streets-for-freedom/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/streets-for-play-streets-for-freedom.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}