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Friday Video: Welcome to the ‘War on Cars’

Here's a pithy, witty, concise synopsis of why cars suck from the makers of America's best-loved podcast.

9:28 AM EDT on September 13, 2024

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Sarah Goodyear, Aaron Naparstek and Doug Gordon host “The War on Cars.”

If you didn't know it — there's a war on cars.

You see it on Fox News. You see it on local TV. You hear it from politicians.

But the fact is: the car is having a war on us.

Thankfully, Streetsblog NYC Founder Aaron Naparstek, plus activists Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear founded "The War on Cars" podcast — which is now adding in video. Here's the trio's first salvo — a pithy, witty, concise synopsis of why cars suck:

Gersh Kuntzman

Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We're talking about tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman, who has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. Email Gersh at gersh@streetsblog.org

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