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
The other night, we had the great honor of presenting at one of the world's great bookstores, @powells.bsky.social. Everyone there was so good to us. We love you, Portland and Powell's!
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The other night, we had the great honor of presenting at one of the world's great bookstores, @powells.bsky.social. Everyone there was so good to us. We love you, Portland and Powell's!
Oh i totally misunderstood because my reading comprehension is terrible today! But I remembered I want to read that book so I just bought a copy at Solid State Books, which is doing the books for our show tonight!
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Oh i totally misunderstood because my reading comprehension is terrible today! But I remembered I want to read that book so I just bought a copy at Solid State Books, which is doing the books for our show tonight!
Woohoo! Just found out that Life After Cars is on the USA Today nonfiction bestseller list! www.usatoday.com/booklist/typ...
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Woohoo! Just found out that Life After Cars is on the USA Today nonfiction bestseller list! www.usatoday.com/booklist/typ...
Next week is publication week for Life After Cars...but first, on Saturday at 8pm, I'm playing an EP release show with my band, Suffragette Kitty, at the Bitter End. Come by for a super fun show! tickets.venuepilot.com/e/suffragett...
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Next week is publication week for Life After Cars...but first, on Saturday at 8pm, I'm playing an EP release show with my band, Suffragette Kitty, at the Bitter End. Come by for a super fun show! tickets.venuepilot.com/e/suffragett...
The forecast for NYC on October 18 looks ideal for being outside with your fellow Americans, btw.
October 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The forecast for NYC on October 18 looks ideal for being outside with your fellow Americans, btw.
So one of the ways I keep myself sane is that I play rock and roll music with some really cool people. Our band is called Suffragette Kitty, and next week we will be releasing our new EP of originals. Celebration show will be at the Bitter End on October 18, check it out! bitterend.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So one of the ways I keep myself sane is that I play rock and roll music with some really cool people. Our band is called Suffragette Kitty, and next week we will be releasing our new EP of originals. Celebration show will be at the Bitter End on October 18, check it out! bitterend.com
The other day, I had the chance to interview Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo about how, with political courage, she transformed her city for the better. AND...I got to give her a copy of our forthcoming book, which she is prominently featured in. What a thrill. @thewaroncars.bsky.social episode coming.
September 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The other day, I had the chance to interview Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo about how, with political courage, she transformed her city for the better. AND...I got to give her a copy of our forthcoming book, which she is prominently featured in. What a thrill. @thewaroncars.bsky.social episode coming.
here is how the NYT rendered it
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
September 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
here is how the NYT rendered it
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
I've been looking at this headline for an hour now and it just gets more and more miserable. I don't even know what to say. Layers upon layers of moral failure here.
July 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I've been looking at this headline for an hour now and it just gets more and more miserable. I don't even know what to say. Layers upon layers of moral failure here.
Ohio tried another ad campaign during the pandemic to get us to move there...there was a huge banner in Red Hook about it.
July 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Ohio tried another ad campaign during the pandemic to get us to move there...there was a huge banner in Red Hook about it.
One of my favorite photos that I have ever taken illustrates exactly this.
June 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
One of my favorite photos that I have ever taken illustrates exactly this.
Times are hard. But I continue to draw strength from people who are doing good work, like Charles T. Brown. We had him on @thewaroncars.bsky.social to talk about his essential new book, Arrested Mobility: Overcoming the Threat to Black Movement. thewaroncars.org/2025/05/20/e... Listen if you can.
May 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Times are hard. But I continue to draw strength from people who are doing good work, like Charles T. Brown. We had him on @thewaroncars.bsky.social to talk about his essential new book, Arrested Mobility: Overcoming the Threat to Black Movement. thewaroncars.org/2025/05/20/e... Listen if you can.
All of this is a big part of what we talk about in our forthcoming book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. www.lifeaftercars.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
All of this is a big part of what we talk about in our forthcoming book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. www.lifeaftercars.com
It's called Life After Cars, and it comes out on October 21! lifeaftercars.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It's called Life After Cars, and it comes out on October 21! lifeaftercars.com
New episode is up! We talked with @katelynburns.com about her article in @theflytrapmedia.com, asking the question "Why are so many trans people into urban planning?" It was such a great conversation! Check it out! thewaroncars.org/2025/04/22/e...
April 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New episode is up! We talked with @katelynburns.com about her article in @theflytrapmedia.com, asking the question "Why are so many trans people into urban planning?" It was such a great conversation! Check it out! thewaroncars.org/2025/04/22/e...
Meanwhile, at the NYT:
April 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Meanwhile, at the NYT:
In the print edition, the stories are right next to each other on the front page, for maximum effect.
April 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
In the print edition, the stories are right next to each other on the front page, for maximum effect.
i always think of this
April 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
i always think of this
This one was so good.
April 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This one was so good.
Today in NYC, and around the country, we turned out. First steps on a long road.
April 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today in NYC, and around the country, we turned out. First steps on a long road.
Maybe, right about now, you'd like to hear a conversation about how it's possible to make and enjoy a better world? In which case, check out our recent talk with British cycling journalist @lauralaker.bsky.social about her journey on the UK's National Cycle Network: thewaroncars.org/2025/03/11/e...
March 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Maybe, right about now, you'd like to hear a conversation about how it's possible to make and enjoy a better world? In which case, check out our recent talk with British cycling journalist @lauralaker.bsky.social about her journey on the UK's National Cycle Network: thewaroncars.org/2025/03/11/e...
I have not been able to find that yet, but in the process I found this other guy from the Heritage Foundation praising Zelenskyy for NOT wearing a suit back in 2022:
www.heritage.org/global-polit...
www.heritage.org/global-polit...
February 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I have not been able to find that yet, but in the process I found this other guy from the Heritage Foundation praising Zelenskyy for NOT wearing a suit back in 2022:
www.heritage.org/global-polit...
www.heritage.org/global-polit...
that's a classic, but i meant this
February 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
that's a classic, but i meant this
February 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I also really liked this bike signal. very jaunty.
December 11, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I also really liked this bike signal. very jaunty.