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References & Further Reading
Car harm: A global review of automobility’s harm to people and the environment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103817
Crash Not Accident
https://crashnotaccident.com/
Life After Cars Book, from the War on Cars Podcast
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
Segregation by Design
https://www.segregationbydesign.com/
The number of references far exceeds the maximum length that YouTube allows in descriptions, but you can access the full list of references on Nebula or at this link:
https://notjustbikes.com/references/carharm.txt
This video uses stock footage from Getty Images and other licensed sources.
No generative AI or AI voices were used in the making of this video
Script by Nicole Conlan and Jason Slaughter
Thanks to Simon Clark, Henry (The Closer Look), münecat, and Ray Delahanty (CityNerd) for voicing quotes.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:38 Car Harm
3:00 Vehicular violence
6:23 Air pollution
8:25 Other pollutants and tyres
11:21 Noise & light pollution
13:08 Climate change
14:10 Sedentary lifestyle & isolation
16:10 Motonormativity
17:12 Advertising and propaganda
19:04 Disproportionate harm
20:15 Children
23:15 People with disabilities
24:39 Low-income households
27:58 The costs of automobility
30:19 Parking
32:19 Housing
33:05 Infrastructure costs
36:18 Land use and habitat destruction
38:20 Small businesses and retail
39:21 Everyone hates cars
41:02 Reducing car harm
42:25 People want fewer cars
43:59 Concluding thoughts
46:17 Nebula & Day Pass
