Life After Cars: An Evening with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon

Join Community Cycles for an evening with authors Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, the hosts of “The War on Cars” podcast. Sarah and Doug will inspire us with readings from their book, engage with our audience with a Q&A, then sign books and continue conversations about growing a culture of transportation cycling in Boulder.  Doors open at 6:30pm, talk is at 7:00pm.

About the Book –

From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast comes a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything—and what we can do to fight back.

When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were hailed as technological marvels, promising convenience, progress, and freedom. More than a century later, that dream is running on empty.

Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile (Thesis/Penguin; 10/21/2025) reviews historical records, conducts insightful interviews, and reveals unflinching statistics.

Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, hosts of The War on Cars podcast, and former host Aaron Naparstek, unpack the damage that cars cause; expose the forces that have created our current crisis and are invested in perpetuating it; and show how the fight for better transportation is deeply linked to the fight for a more equitable and just society.

Can’t make this date? Join Sarah and Doug with YIMBY Action in Denver on Friday, December 12. Get tickets here.

Community Cycles is a nonprofit organization based in Boulder CO and dedicated to making bicycling a truly sustainable, equitable, and affordable means of everyday transportation; where human-powered transportation is prioritized in fact and not just in words; and where transportation betters all residents’ lives physically, emotionally, and economically.