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Val Reishuk

@urbanhiker.bsky.social

@brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @sgoodyear.bsky.social authors of Life After Cars at Uptown Theater Tuesday night, with @billbartholomew.bsky.social.

Donate to @pvdstreets.bsky.social if you can, friends, to support our advocacy to fund RIPTA.

December 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM

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Jonathan McHatton

@jmchatton.bsky.social

In Providence tonight to see @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life After Cars book tour...and of course I took @ripta.com from my hotel to the beautiful Uptown Theater!

December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM

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Kenny Uong

@kennyuong.bsky.social

Hope y’all have a great time at the event! 🥹

Jonathan McHatton @jmchatton.bsky.social · 17h

In Providence tonight to see @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life After Cars book tour...and of course I took @ripta.com from my hotel to the beautiful Uptown Theater!

December 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM

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Andrew Middleton

@mapcenter.com

Thanks to @thewaroncars.bsky.social for an awesome night hosted by @pvdstreets.bsky.social! I loved all of the maps showing how people get outside and meet their neighbors more when they aren't dependent on cars.
Reminded me of how I need to get outside more. We have pretty great neighbors here.

December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM

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Miles Grant

@milesgrant.bsky.social

Great night w/ @thewaroncars.bsky.social in Providence’s restored Uptown Theater! Thanks hosts @pvdstreets.bsky.social & @billbartholomew.bsky.social & sponsor @cleverhood.bsky.social.

Wide view of beautiful Uptown Theater in Providence

Doug Gordon & Sarah Goodyear of The War On Cars

December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM

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Eric Harrison

@laterbacon.bsky.social

Amazing energizing event. Ready to keep fighting

Thanks @pvdstreets.bsky.social and @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @billbartholomew.bsky.social!

Doug Gordon, Bill Bartholomew, and Sarah Goodyear on stage at the Uptown Theater in Providence for the Life After Cars book tour

Title page of my book signed by Sarah and Doug!

December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM

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Kevin Essington

@citygreenerstrategies.com

What will our life after cars be and how will we get there? Ebikes? Congestion charges? Depaving? How about the lot? @thewaroncars.bsky.social @pvdstreets.bsky.social

December 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

TODAY at 7:00pm!! Join us for a very special event “Life After Cars” featuring Doug & Sarah from @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @billbartholomew.bsky.social live at the Uptown Theater!

🎟️ TICKETS: events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...

Historic theater marquee with alternating incandescent bulbs overhanging a damp sidewalk under cloudy late fall skies. A bicycle leans against the wall with gold framed shadow ices lining the entryway to the venue. Lettering for upcoming shows:

LIFE AFTER CARS DEC 2
LUMINARE CHRISTMAS 412
DARLENE LOVE DEC 16

December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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Doug Gordon

@brooklynspoke.bsky.social

I'm taking the Commuter Rail from Boston to Providence in the morning. It's the only way to fly. Can't wait to get down there!

Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 1d

🤩 TOMORROW: It’s finally here! The authors of “Life After Cars” make their first New England stop in Providence! Join us for a great night with some awesome friends! @thewaroncars.bsky.social

🎟️ Tickets at events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...

Marquee of a historic theater overhangs a sidewalk on an urban street. Under the marquee, deep red curtains and poster shadowboxes with gold trim line the entryway. Blue lettering on the marquee advertised upcoming shows:

LIFE AFTER CARS
DEC 2
LUMINARE CHRISTMAS + 12
DARLENE LOVE
DEC 16

Graphic showing a theater in the background tinted green. The cover of the book “Life After Cars” with an illustration of a traffic light overgrown with vines.

LIFE AFTER CARS
FREEING
OURSELVES
FROM THE
COLUM
TYRANNY
OF THE
AUTOMOBILE
SARAH GOODYEAR DOUG GORDON
HOSTS ComE WAR «CARS PODCAST
ANo AARON NAPARSTEK
Dec. 2nd in Providence!

December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

🤩 TOMORROW: It’s finally here! The authors of “Life After Cars” make their first New England stop in Providence! Join us for a great night with some awesome friends! @thewaroncars.bsky.social

🎟️ Tickets at events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...

December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM

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The War on Cars

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

See you in a couple of days, Providence. This is going to be a fun show. Get tickets now!

Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 2d

POV: Showing “Life After Cars” the streets of Providence for planning reasons. Little fella’s got his work cut out but I believe in him! 💪

COME TO OUR LIVE SHOW with @thewaroncars.bsky.social Dec. 2nd at the Uptown Thester!

🎟️ events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...

POV of a person holding the hardcover book “Life After Cars” featuring an illustration of a traffic light overgrown with vines. In the background seen through an overpass fence is I95 with headlights of cars in the distance and passing below.

LIFE AFTER CARS
FREEING OURSELVES FROM THE
TYRANNY OF THE
AUTOMOBILE
SARAH GOODYEAR DOUG GORDON
HOSTS -THE WAR ON CARS PODCAST
* AARON NAPARSTEK

POV of a person holding the hardcover book “Life After Cars” featuring an illustration of a traffic light overgrown with vines. In the background is the interior of a transit bus.

LIFE AFTER CARS
FREEING OURSELVES FROM THE
TYRANNY OF THE
AUTOMOBILE
SARAH GOODYEAR DOUG GORDON
HOSTS -THE WAR ON CARS PODCAST
* AARON NAPARSTEK

December 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

POV: Showing “Life After Cars” the streets of Providence for planning reasons. Little fella’s got his work cut out but I believe in him! 💪

COME TO OUR LIVE SHOW with @thewaroncars.bsky.social Dec. 2nd at the Uptown Thester!

🎟️ events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...

November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM

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The War on Cars

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

Happy Thanksgiving! This year we’re grateful for all of the readers and listeners we’ve met on book tour and for all of the people working around the world to improve their communities and make them safer, more equitable, and more sustainable.

Yellow and white and black cover of book life after cars with Turkey in background

November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

🚲🎄🚲🎄

The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 7d

Oh and December 2 you can go see them in Providence. New England bike nerds early Christmas!

bsky.app/profile/pvds...

Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 8d

🚌🚲 See you Dec. 2nd at the Uptown Theater in Providence for “Life After Cars” with @thewaroncars.bsky.social & @billbartholomew.bsky.social! 😘

Tickets: events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...

November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM

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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡

@thebostonlol.bsky.social

Big news! @thewaroncars.bsky.social will be on @wgbh.org @gbhnews.bsky.social Jim and Margery show tomorrow (starts at 11AM) to discuss their new book Life After Cars

Give @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social a call in and a big Boston welcome

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November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

🚌🚲 See you Dec. 2nd at the Uptown Theater in Providence for “Life After Cars” with @thewaroncars.bsky.social & @billbartholomew.bsky.social! 😘

Tickets: events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...

November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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The War on Cars

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

Really excited for this one. A great venue and a very cool city.

Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 13d

🚲🚌Life After Cars makes its first New England stop at Providence’s Uptown Theater in just two weeks!

Get tickets today for the show featuring the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @billbartholomew.bsky.social in conversation about freeing ourselves from the tyranny of the automobile!

Traditional theater marquee overhanging a sidewalk with a yellow crosswalk sign standing prominently near the curb. Gold and red shadowbox frames line the walls to the entrance with UPTOWN THEATER lettered in the tile threshold. Blue marquee lettering for upcoming shows:

HOME FREE 11-20
LIFE AFTER CARD 12-2
LUMINAIRE CHRISTMAS

Person holding a poster featuring details for the LIFE AFTER CARS show. A blue tinted image of people walking along a pedestrian bridge over a river with tall buildings in the distance.

Live event with the authors of the new book
LIFE AFTER CARS
Get your tickets preorder your copy!

LIFE AFTER CARS
Dec, 2, 7pm
Uptown Theater, Providence
PROVIDENCE
STREETS COALITION
SAVE RIPTA
THE WAR ON CARS

SPONSORED BY
Cleverhood
UNION
Places of Value, Valve of Place

On a bulletin board mounted to a brick wall, a poster featuring details for the LIFE AFTER CARS show. A blue tinted image of people walking along a pedestrian bridge over a river with tall buildings in the distance.

Live event with the authors of the new book
LIFE AFTER CARS
Get your tickets preorder your copy!

LIFE AFTER CARS
Dec, 2, 7pm
Uptown Theater, Providence
PROVIDENCE
STREETS COALITION
SAVE RIPTA
THE WAR ON CARS

SPONSORED BY
Cleverhood
UNION
Places of Value, Valve of Place

Two posters hanging in a window of a pizza restaurant with neon lights and arcade games visible inside. One poster advertises LIFE AFTER CARS show, the other advertises FIGHT SHOW with playful illustrations of various characters, a blue cloud, and the host named Ricky Rainbow Beard.

November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

Today we remember Patricia Raub, a titan of advocacy for public transit and public libraries. Thank you Patricia for helping so many in our community. ❤️

🚌📚Join us for a remembrance at Wanskuck Library, ride the 4:47pm #50 departure from Kennedy Plaza to @9librariespvd.bsky.social Wanskuck branch.

Graphic featuring a photo of Patricia smiling and surrounded by children.

A NIGHT TO HONOR
PATRICIA
RAUB
Join us as we remember the life and work of Patricia Raub, who passed away on October 29. Friends, family and others who knew her will come together at Wanskuck Library to share memories of Patricia, a caring and active advocate of community causes who touched many lives in Providence and beyond.
Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 5pm-7:30pm
233 Veazie St,
Providence, RI 02904

Graphic featuring a picture of Patricia in a light blue dress and a fedora hat standing at a bus stop. Another picture shows a transit bus with the Headsign 50 Bryant University.

RIDE
FOR PATRICIA
Join friends and fellow advocates aboard RIPTA to ride to the CLPVD remembrance ceremony honoring a titan of advocacy for public transit and libraries.
20 NOVEMBER 4:47PM
KENNEDY PLAZA STOP J
50 Bryant Unliversits
Ride Route
50 to the Library!
RETURN TRIPS LEAVE DOUGLAS & VEAZIE: 6:20, 6:47, 7:32, 8:17PM

November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

🗺️Posters made it to @mapcenter.com where they met the new “Life After Cars” hard copy by @thewaroncars.bsky.social and the delightful “Walkable Providence” map by @2feet2bucks.com

🎤Live show & book talk at Providence’s Uptown Theater Dec. 2nd!

🎟️Tickets: events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...

A person smiles holding a poster advertising a show “Life After Cars” while standing next to a display of books including the hardcover “Life After Cars” among other titles. In the background a large indoor tree, books, and large format printed maps are seen.

Poster advertising the show “Life After Cars” next to a display of books including the book “Life After Cars” featuring an illustration of a traffic light overgrown with vines. Other books, and large format prints are organized on shelves.

A person’s arm extended holding a poster for the show “Life After Cars” in front of a hand illustrated map of Providence titled “An Urban Hiker’s CHART of walkable space* PROVIDENCE. Vast areas of the map are dark shadowland space labeled HERE BE DRAGONS and HAZARD while other areas are yellow and green. On the other side of the poster is a copy of the book “Life After Cars” featuring an illustration of a traffic light overgrown with vines. Other books are visible in the background.

November 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

🚲🚌Life After Cars makes its first New England stop at Providence’s Uptown Theater in just two weeks!

Get tickets today for the show featuring the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @billbartholomew.bsky.social in conversation about freeing ourselves from the tyranny of the automobile!

November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM

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The War on Cars

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

We're taking a break for Thanksgiving but will be back out on the road starting with a live show in Providence with @pvdstreets.bsky.social featuring special guest @billbartholomew.bsky.social on December 2.

Tickets: events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...

Life After Cars presented by PVD Streets Coalition

Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile, a live conversation with the hosts of The War on Cars podcast.*** ALL SEATING IS GENERAL ADMISSION FOR THIS EVENT. YOU MUST SELECT A SEAT TO PURCH...

events.uptownpvd.com

November 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

I have reviewed nothing
I know nothing
RIDOT is responsible for nothing

- Peter Alviti

November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

Thank you to the many community members and family of Michael DeMaula who attended last night’s Ward 4 meeting w/ Councilor Roias and to DPW for attending and listening to the many concerns about pedestrian.

We join them in demanding the City take swift action to protect pedestrians on Branch Ave!

A person stands behind a lectern next to a large screen with a slide displayed. Atop the background of a city street grid is a picture of an older man smiling with the name Michael DeMaula. Text underneath contains excerpts from an obituary remembering Michael.

A person in a tan jacket points to a large screen with a slide displayed featuring a background of a city street grid and text under the heading “Pedestrian Safety”

• Branch Ave
• Smithfield Ave
• Admiral St
• Charles St
• Concannon St
• Clym St
• Argol St

• Providence Safe Streets
For All
• What we can do now o North Main St Task Force

A person wearing a floral jacket stands at a table speaking to a group of people gathered at tables and chairs around her.

November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM

Providence Streets Coalition

@pvdstreets.bsky.social

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Community members from across Providence will gather on the steps of City Hall to demand action from city and state leaders as part of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

📆Nov. 16, 1pm
📍Providence City Hall

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November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM