Peace and Conflict Resolution meets Car Supremacy w/ Ashton Rohmer

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Ashton Rohmer on the implications of car supremacy and the need for more peaceful streets.

In this episode, I connect with Ashton Rohmer, a doctoral candidate in Peace and Conflict Resolution studies, who is examining Car Supremacy and our societal acceptance of vehicular violence through her research on the ideology of car supremacy and on reimagining streets as sites of care and community. She challenges us to imagine more peaceful streets for everyone. Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel): 👉 "Car supremacy: Deconstructing the ideology driving our modal hierarchy" paper 👉 Ashton's website to follow along with her journey 👉 Brompton Bicycles 👉 Buy Your Brain on Nature from my Bookshop or via Amazon 👉 Buy Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam from my Bookshop or via Amazon 👉 Buy Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv from my Bookshop or via Amazon 👉 Buy Confessions of a Recovering Engineer by Charles Marohn from my Bookshop or via Amazon 👉 Buy Killed by A Traffic Engineer by Prof. Wes Marshall from my Bookshop or via Amazon 👉 Watch my recent Livestream with Wes Marshall 👉 Buy Traffic - Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt from…

People in this episode

Host: John Simmerman

Guest: Ashton Rohmer

Topics covered

• Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Car Supremacy
• Vehicular Violence
• Community Care
• Street Reimagining

Keywords

• car supremacy
• peace
• conflict resolution
• vehicular violence
• community
• streets
• ideology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Car supremacy: Deconstructing the ideology driving our modal hierarchy

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