Sarah Goodyear
@sgoodyear.bsky.social
Writer. New Yorker. Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Our book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, is out now. lifeaftercars.com
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On the POD: tiny.cc/esnv001 We bring you excerpts from an evening with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast, joined by city councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood. @visionzerovancouver.ca @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social #vanpoli
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
On the POD: tiny.cc/esnv001 We bring you excerpts from an evening with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast, joined by city councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood. @visionzerovancouver.ca @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social #vanpoli
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Providence - Uptown (nee Columbus) Theater! December 2! Winter Hats!
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November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Providence - Uptown (nee Columbus) Theater! December 2! Winter Hats!
events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...
events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...
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Margery and Jim both rave about the book and the @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast. Thanks @brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social for coming to our neck of the woods and hopefully giving the car brained minds of Boston a little more vision of #LifeAfterCars
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Margery and Jim both rave about the book and the @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast. Thanks @brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social for coming to our neck of the woods and hopefully giving the car brained minds of Boston a little more vision of #LifeAfterCars
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the lesson is ALWAYS play the long game :)
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
the lesson is ALWAYS play the long game :)
Fuck these monsters
"ice to ramp up raids by thanksgiving" okay so i underestimated the awfulness of the moment, a bunch of fucking ice goons are going to tear a bunch of families apart ON THANKSGIVING MORNING and then go home to the thanksgiving dinner table to celebrate their own family's immigrant origin stories
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fuck these monsters
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Riders going over the Pulaski have basically doubled since the pandemic, proof that if you build it (McGuinness, 11th) they will come.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Riders going over the Pulaski have basically doubled since the pandemic, proof that if you build it (McGuinness, 11th) they will come.
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The Adams Admin has largely failed to deliver on the promises announced in the 2023 "Charge Safe, Ride Safe" plan to solve the lithium-ion battery fire crisis. None of the promised permanent public infrastructure and very little private infrastructure has been built for outdoor e-bike charging.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Adams Admin has largely failed to deliver on the promises announced in the 2023 "Charge Safe, Ride Safe" plan to solve the lithium-ion battery fire crisis. None of the promised permanent public infrastructure and very little private infrastructure has been built for outdoor e-bike charging.
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
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When the worry is “the fox designing the henhouse.” Via @propublica.org
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How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
When the worry is “the fox designing the henhouse.” Via @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Looking forward to this!
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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Give @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social a call in and a big Boston welcome
www.wgbh.org/shows/boston...
Boston Public Radio
Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. To share your opinion, email bpr@wgbh.org or call/text 877-301-8970 dur...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Looking forward to this!
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just following orders, huh
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
just following orders, huh
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New episode up! We've been on the road (not in a car) for the first leg of our book tour, mostly on the West Coast of North America, and we've got some things to say about it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
New episode up! We've been on the road (not in a car) for the first leg of our book tour, mostly on the West Coast of North America, and we've got some things to say about it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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It finally arrived 🇦🇺🦘
@sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social
@sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It finally arrived 🇦🇺🦘
@sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social
@sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Seems like a great time for @minneapolismn.gov to invest in affordable bike share & cargo bike libraries like @mplscargobikelibrary.com !
Just sayin’.
Just sayin’.
Minneapolis has been named one of the world’s most bike-friendly cities! A new report covering 100 cities in 44 countries ranked Minneapolis as the #2 biking city in the U.S., #5 in North America and #44 globally. Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2025/november/2025-bike-friendly-city/
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Seems like a great time for @minneapolismn.gov to invest in affordable bike share & cargo bike libraries like @mplscargobikelibrary.com !
Just sayin’.
Just sayin’.
Catching up on Patreon stickers...Oak Park, MI; Nelson, BC; Healy, AK; Utrecht; Seattle; Tuscaloosa, AL; Santa Fe, NM; Ganshorren, Belgium; Oakland, CA; Denver; London; Oakland, CA; Pittsburgh; Santa Cruz, CA; Kailua-Kona, HI; and many, many more...welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Catching up on Patreon stickers...Oak Park, MI; Nelson, BC; Healy, AK; Utrecht; Seattle; Tuscaloosa, AL; Santa Fe, NM; Ganshorren, Belgium; Oakland, CA; Denver; London; Oakland, CA; Pittsburgh; Santa Cruz, CA; Kailua-Kona, HI; and many, many more...welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
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xAI's data centres are one of the few sites in the world where we actually know why they exist and the outputs they produce.
So everyone local life shortened by the choking air pollution from the fossil fuelled power plant built to run this site: we know it's for shit like this
So everyone local life shortened by the choking air pollution from the fossil fuelled power plant built to run this site: we know it's for shit like this
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
xAI's data centres are one of the few sites in the world where we actually know why they exist and the outputs they produce.
So everyone local life shortened by the choking air pollution from the fossil fuelled power plant built to run this site: we know it's for shit like this
So everyone local life shortened by the choking air pollution from the fossil fuelled power plant built to run this site: we know it's for shit like this
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This recent episode from @thewaroncars.bsky.social is a great little primer on the history of manufactured car dependency.
podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
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The Creation of America's Car Culture
Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 11/11/2025 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This recent episode from @thewaroncars.bsky.social is a great little primer on the history of manufactured car dependency.
podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
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ICE is trapping people in abusive relationships, and more generally, making immigrants afraid to assert legal rights and ask for help that they are very much entitled to. (Noting that this is not new, for example there's history of agricultural workers threatened with la migra for speaking out!)
How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
ICE is trapping people in abusive relationships, and more generally, making immigrants afraid to assert legal rights and ask for help that they are very much entitled to. (Noting that this is not new, for example there's history of agricultural workers threatened with la migra for speaking out!)
accurate
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
accurate
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Well said @sgoodyear.bsky.social
We have indeed lost the human right to free movement, meaning no need for a government-issued license (or being the "right" age), a car, or money to be able to go about your day.
We have indeed lost the human right to free movement, meaning no need for a government-issued license (or being the "right" age), a car, or money to be able to go about your day.
🚗💥 What if life after cars is better for everyone?
In LIFE AFTER CARS, @sgoodyear.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social shows how communities can thrive when we design for people, not traffic.
A bold, hopeful vision for the future of our cities.
In LIFE AFTER CARS, @sgoodyear.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social shows how communities can thrive when we design for people, not traffic.
A bold, hopeful vision for the future of our cities.
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Well said @sgoodyear.bsky.social
We have indeed lost the human right to free movement, meaning no need for a government-issued license (or being the "right" age), a car, or money to be able to go about your day.
We have indeed lost the human right to free movement, meaning no need for a government-issued license (or being the "right" age), a car, or money to be able to go about your day.
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just from walking along and around that arterial for 45 minutes i could feel it
i can't imagine living on this road. and it's not even that heavily used.
when will cities in the US take noise pollution seriously? the public health impacts of it are massive and enduring.
i can't imagine living on this road. and it's not even that heavily used.
when will cities in the US take noise pollution seriously? the public health impacts of it are massive and enduring.
January 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
just from walking along and around that arterial for 45 minutes i could feel it
i can't imagine living on this road. and it's not even that heavily used.
when will cities in the US take noise pollution seriously? the public health impacts of it are massive and enduring.
i can't imagine living on this road. and it's not even that heavily used.
when will cities in the US take noise pollution seriously? the public health impacts of it are massive and enduring.
All I can say about this thread is THANK YOU
after @ronpdavis.bsky.social attended the cascadian innovation corridor conference's presentation on upzoning 'grand boulevards' in region - he asked me to write about this concept.
corridor zoning is antithetical to livability, public health, & walkability.
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corridor zoning is antithetical to livability, public health, & walkability.
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Mike Eliason on "Corridor" Zoning
A Guest Post
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November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
All I can say about this thread is THANK YOU