Air (Pt 2 - Car)

Just as the Clean Air Act was passed in 1956, London introduced a new pollution vector onto every street in the city: the private motor car.

What has the effect of car pollution been on the city, and how does it affect us today? What does it mean to be a ‘car city’ - and can we ever be post-car?

Links mentioned in the episode:

⁠London Air⁠

⁠Breathe London⁠

⁠Annie Kelly on 15 minute cities and conspiracy theories