Snow cleanup is not just a “service issue.” It’s climate infrastructure.

In this episode of Auto Asphyxiation, Kimberly and Lo expose how New Jersey’s hyper-local, segregated planning model, where every town fends for itself, makes effective snow removal impossible and climate adaptation a fantasy. Suburbanized neighborhoods posing as cities leave pedestrians stranded, bike networks buried, and transit unusable.

As storms become less predictable, NJ’s individualized planning will cause more harm than even its legacy segregation, especially for working-class communities, elders, the disabled, and people without cars.

Snow cleanup is not just a “service issue.” It’s climate infrastructure.