Understanding the American Love Affair with Cars: Design, Accessibility, and Lifestyle

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Exploring the reasons behind the car-dependent lifestyles in America, including the design of cities, accessibility, public transport, historical and geographical factors, generational changes, and potential effects of COVID-19.

After weeks of negotiations, Hamas has agreed to release some hostages. In exchange, there will be a four-day pause in fighting. But then what? Americans really love their cars and dependence on them is making the country fairer (09:34). And what Netflix’s latest spin-off reveals about the changing trends in TV (15:56).

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