Sarah Goodyear

@sgoodyear.bsky.social

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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

a fisheye view of Knicks fans celebrating the NBA championship on Smith Street in Brooklyn
A screenshot of a popup in Google search that says "Learn complex concepts with AI Mode/Get explanations you can verify using our most intelligent AI" with choice buttons saying "Not Interested" and "Continue"
Headshot of the playwright Tony Kushner, smiling, with the cover of The Pushcart War, by Jean Merrill and illustrated by Ronni Solbert.
A "Jackson for President ’88" button, with some rust spots on it, showing candidate Jesse Jackson with a big smile
Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon holding copies of their book, Life After Cars, at Powell's Bookstore in Portland, with a picture of Joyce Carol Oates on the yellow wall between them.
A copy of Asako Yuzuki's book Butter
A screenshot of the USA Today listing of Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile at number 85 on their nonfiction bestseller list
Poster for Suffragette Kitty EP release show at the Bitter End, showing the band posed in front of a groovy graphic skyline. Saturday, October 18, at 8pm, bitterend.com
Screenshot of a weather forecast for October 18, with a high of 68 and mixed sun and clouds.
A promotional poster for Suffragette Kitty record release, showing the four band members posing against a graphic skyline backdrop. The Bitter End, Saturday October 18, 8pm, 147 Bleecker Street. Vinyl available @ show. Tix at bitterend.com
Sarah Goodyear, left, with Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris, who is holding the book Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile.
screenshot of a New York Times story that reads, "On Sunday, when asked whether he was “threatening to go to war with Chicago,” Mr. Trump called it “fake news,” and chastised the reporter when she asked why he would use the Department of Defense. "'We’re not going to war, we’re going to clean up our cities,' Mr. Trump said. 'We’re going to clean them up so they don’t kill five people every weekend. That’s not war. That’s common sense.'"
A New York Times headline reading, "For Trump, Starvation in Gaza Tests His Foreign Policy Approach."
Ad on the side of a building in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, from 2021. Says "Your business is going places the BQE can't take you. OhioIsForLeaders.com. OHIO."
an older woman on a tricycle in Tokyo cycling around a corner with confidence
The cover of a new book from Charles T. Brown, titled Arrested Mobility: Overcoming the Threat to Black Movement. It shows black and white striped image that recalls both the American flag and the bars of a prison cell, with a bright red bloodstain in one corner.
A book with a cover that says, "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile," by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, Hosts of The War on Cars podcast, and Aaron Naparstek. The cover is white with a yellow and black border and it is illustrated with a traffic light that is being overgrown by a flowering vine.
The cover of a book called "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from teh Tyranny of the Automobile," by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek. The cover features a drawing of a traffic light being overgrown by a flowering vine.
A graphic illustration from The Flytrap in pink, blue, and white that says "Trans on Trains" with a high-speed train in a circle of tracks.
The front page of the New York Times from April 22, 2025, showing two stories next to each other: "EPA Poised to Cancel Grants to Study Dangers to Children" and "Would $5,000 Bonuses Spur New Baby Boom?"
The front page of the New York Times from April 22, 2025, showing two stories next to each other: "EPA Poised to Cancel Grants to Study Dangers to Children" and "Would $5,000 Bonuses Spur New Baby Boom?"
A still from the film Mad Max Fury Road with seven armed warrior women of various generations, the Vuvalini, advancing across a desert landscape.
A man on the steps of the New York Public Library during the April 5 Hands Off march, holding a sign that says "EAT THE RICH" with a picture of a caterpillar in the style of Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
A woman at the Hands Off march of April 5, 2025, holding a sign saying "WE SEE NEIGHBORS TAKEN AWAY BREAK THE SILENCE" in front of one of the stone lions in front of the New York Public Library. A Ukrainian flag flies in the background.
A smiling woman with short brown hair cycles down a city street on a bright pink e-bike.
Screenshot of text saying: "Since that day, he has been ubiquitous on the world stage: addressing Parliaments and Congress, walking the streets of Kyiv and readily putting himself in harm’s way to rally his country—always in his trademark camouflage green t-shirt, foreswearing the business suit until Ukraine is free of Russians. It’s a powerful reminder of the potential within all of us to rise to the circumstances."
A version of the "galaxy brain meme" in which the first stage of awareness is labeled, "Sidewalks should be free of obstacles," the second says, "Sidewalks should be flat," the third says, "Curb cuts are car infrastructure," and the fourth ("galaxy brain" stage) says, "Sidewalks are car infrastructure."
a screenshot of the ny daily news "latest headlines" with two headlines circled, "Man with crossbow shoots arrows at lower Manhattan federal building" and NJ bird store owner shot with crossbow weeks after parrot theft"
A red bicycle signal in Vienna, with the bicyclist astride the bike at a jaunty angle. Bike parking in the background, a young man on the sidewalk, an older woman and young girl waiting to cross the street
A red pedestrian walk signal on a street in Vienna showing two female figures holding hands with hearts on their chests.
An older Japanese woman riding a tricycle with front and back baskets through the Ueno neighborhood of Tokyo.
A large bas-relief plaque on a stone wall in Lyon, France, honoring the work Louis Pasteur did in the 19th century to save the silk industry, showing Pasteur in profile and scenes of silk industry workers, mostly women.
CNN headline, "Trump's ex-chief of staff warns he's the definition of a 'fascist'; John Kelly said Trump wanted 'the kind of generals Hitler had' and 'prefers the dictator approach to government'" with picture of Kelly and Trump dating from the Trump administration
Sarah Goodyear, wearing headphones and holding a microphone, interviews Karly Coleman at sunrise on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River.