Includes index

When cars win -- Hello, Mr. Toad -- Motorway cities of the future -- Detroit breakdown -- Jane Jacobs and the fight back -- The next frontier -- Electric delusions -- Bionic duckweed -- Why you can't beat traffic -- Free parking, do not pass go -- Evil carmakers -- Gas guzzler nation -- What causes traffic accidents? -- Bring in the bikes -- Go east: lessons from Japan -- Winning the argument -- Peak car

"The automobile was one of the most miraculous inventions of the 20th century. It promised freedom, style, and utility. But sometimes, rather than improving our lives technology just makes everything worse. Over the past century cars have filled the air with toxic pollutants and fueled climate change. Cars have stolen public space and made our cities uglier, dirtier, less useful, and more unequal. Cars have caused tens of millions of deaths and injuries. They have wasted our time and our money. In Carmageddon, journalist Daniel Knowles outlines the rise of the automobile and the costs we all bear as a result. Weaving together history, economics, and reportage, Knowles traces the forces and decisions that normalized cars and cemented our reliance on them"--