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Off the rails
A brief history of automotive domination
From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?
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opens with a critique of Elon Musk’s damning opinion of public transit, before diving into a short history of how the automobile became the dominant transport option in North America. He covers history of suburb expansion, racial exclusion and car companies evading regulation, as well as how car-dependecy in North America is encoded in laws of all kinds. He shows how the rise of neoliberalism has led to further privatization, including of transportation, and shows that this has undercut public transit maintenance and development.
Contributors
James Wilt
James Wilt is a freelance journalist and graduate student based in Winnipeg. He frequently contributes to Canadian publications including Canadian Dimension, Briarpatch, and Passage.
