Sarah Goodyear
Sarah Goodyear has written about cities for a variety of publications, including Grist and Streetsblog. She lives in Brooklyn.
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In Greenland, an Urban Heat Island Is Growing Fast
The country's almost laboratory-like conditions are a perfect place to measure the effect of human urban development on temperature.
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New York Street Vendors Displaced by Bike-Share Want Their Voices Heard
Turns out it's not that easy for a sidewalk food cart to just pick up and move.
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Brooklyn's Relentless Changes, As Told By a Single Street Corner
From a Rent-A-Center to an eyesore to a Lululemon.
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The Heart of a New York Park Is for Sale in Stadium Deal
A plan to build a soccer stadium raises this question: If you have enough money, you really can buy anything in New York?
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Why Recess Might Be the Most Important Part of School
Schools can create an environment where sharing and cooperation are the highest values, rather than winning.
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Giving Teens the Option Not to Drive
The Adolescent Mobility Health Consortium sees teen driving as an urgent public health issue.
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Cyclists Aren't 'Special,' and They Shouldn't Play by Their Own Rules
The days of the outlaw bicyclist are over.
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Powering Ohio Schools With Wind Energy
Building wind turbines isn’t cheap. But it will mean about $100,000 in energy savings each year for two small towns.
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Putting Inner City Students on a Path to High-Paying Jobs, For Real
How and why Citizen Schools' "apprenticeships" are working.
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How to Make Your Town Into a Bike-to-School Mecca
A contest in Ohio gets 4,000 kids biking more than 52,000 miles, while keeping roughly 57,292 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the air.
