Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
For North American cities built around cars, public transportation was already in crisis. So what happens when a tech giant enters the transit ecosystem? Join authors Cory Doctorow and James Wilt (Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?) for this wide-ranging discussion about how transportation affects climate change, inequality, accessibility, safety, labour issues, and information privacy. What should public transit look like in a green and equitable city? And what's needed for citizens to exert power over how cities are built and for whom?
This video is part of The Word On The Street Toronto’s ongoing City Imagines programming, a wide-ranging series of free online discussions that consider urban spaces and the people who live and create in them.
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Featured Books and Resources
Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?: Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk by James Wilt: anotherstory.ca/item/mynpmgPBvvJK--9Vcz6PuA
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro & Meet the Panelists
3:48 About Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?
5:55 Exposing the False Promise of Electric Cars
11:54 Autonomous Vehicles & Racist, Classist Transit Policies
16:48 Changing Hearts and Minds About Transportation Infrastructure
24:14 Impacts of Transit Systems on “Captive Riders”
27:44 Transportation and Collective Struggles
33:01 Lies of the Three Revolutions
38:25 Rural Communities and Public Transit
42:10 The Role of Bicycles
43:58 Referendums and Transit Funding
47:36 Possibilities for Free Transit
51:58 Automobiles, Policing, and Surveillance
57:58 Young People and Public Transportation
1:00:38 The Future of Public Transportation
1:07:09 Final Thoughts & Thank You
For North American cities built around cars, public transportation was already in crisis. So what happens when a tech giant enters the transit ecosystem? Join authors Cory Doctorow and James Wilt (Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?) for this wide-ranging discussion about how transportation affects climate change, inequality, accessibility, safety, labour issues, and information privacy. What should public transit look like in a green and equitable city? And what's needed for citizens to exert power over how cities are built and for whom?
This video is part of The Word On The Street Toronto’s ongoing City Imagines programming, a wide-ranging series of free online discussions that consider urban spaces and the people who live and create in them.
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Featured Books and Resources
Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?: Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk by James Wilt: anotherstory.ca/item/mynpmgPBvvJK--9Vcz6PuA
We encourage you to visit https://native-land.ca to learn more about the land you live on, wherever you’re tuning in from.
Connect with WOTS!
Website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca
Twitter: twitter.com/torontoWOTS
Instagram: instagram.com/torontowots
TikTok: tiktok.com/@torontowots
Facebook: facebook.com/torontoWOTS
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro & Meet the Panelists
3:48 About Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?
5:55 Exposing the False Promise of Electric Cars
11:54 Autonomous Vehicles & Racist, Classist Transit Policies
16:48 Changing Hearts and Minds About Transportation Infrastructure
24:14 Impacts of Transit Systems on “Captive Riders”
27:44 Transportation and Collective Struggles
33:01 Lies of the Three Revolutions
38:25 Rural Communities and Public Transit
42:10 The Role of Bicycles
43:58 Referendums and Transit Funding
47:36 Possibilities for Free Transit
51:58 Automobiles, Policing, and Surveillance
57:58 Young People and Public Transportation
1:00:38 The Future of Public Transportation
1:07:09 Final Thoughts & Thank You
