Daniel Knowles rides his bike almost everywhere. When he’s not cycling, he takes the CTA from his home in Wicker Park. Knowles is from the United Kingdom and has traveled the world as a reporter, so he has seen how people across the globe get around town. His main takeaway: We need to lower our reliance on cars.

From automobiles’ well-publicized drawbacks—car deaths and climate impact—to lesser-known contributions to housing insecurity and racial inequities, driving may be taking more from us than it gives. In this episode, we sit down with Knowles to discuss his new book “Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse, and What to Do About It.”