It's a common phrase/point in anti-car activist circles; it's already background knowledge for the guest, the host, and the audience. Hence the "I mean, I don’t

It's a common phrase/point in anti-car activist circles; it's already background knowledge for the guest, the host, and the audience. Hence the "I mean, I don’t have to tell The War on Cars this" that Doctorow prefaces it with. For example: https://humantransit.org/2016/07/elon-musk-doesnt-understand-geometry.html https://humantransit.org/2016/07/elon-musk-doesnt-understand...