Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, co-hosts of the War on Cars podcast, argue in their new book Life After Cars that making driving optional would reduce Americans' vulnerability to recurring gas-price shocks tied to Middle East conflict.
The authors write against a backdrop of renewed war in the Middle East, a closed Strait of Hormuz and a reported more-than-30% jump in U.S. gas prices, which they say highlights the problem.
The book's commentary criticizes former President Donald Trump’s handling of the situation and argues that repeated fuel shocks impose real economic strain on households.
Life After Cars lays out arguments and proposals to make driving optional in more places to blunt the domestic effects of volatile fuel markets and rising living costs.
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