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LISTEN: Scenes from NYC’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from Cars

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A old black and white photo is mounted slightly off kilter to benefit the viewer. There are five men and one woman in the foreground seen from the back, poised to cross the street. A trolly care with "third ave railway" written across the side. Two men in uniform stand in the street, on next to the trolly car and the other in the intersection. A old school motor vehicle is beside the rail car with a large crowd facing the viewer on the opposite corner under a store front that reads "Aschulte" Cigars.

Nicole Gelinas, the author of Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car, explains why she opens her epic account with the mayors who fought against the street-car system that once transported New Yorkers a billion times a year. From there, Gelinas talks with editors Ben Max of New York […]

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