"Cars promise people freedom—highways aren't called 'freeways' for nothing—yet they act like traveling cages...the human workday continues to lengthen year after year and so does the time required to get to work...You live in your car, and it won't let you go."
—Eduardo Galeano, Upside Down
How did things get so crazy?
I dig deeper into what some experts call "Motonormativity" in my weekly #Straphanger dispatches. You can sign up for more here:
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