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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Videos
A 70-Year-Old Documentary About Cities Shows We Haven't Come Very Far
The walkable, bikable suburb of the "future" looks an awful lot like the smart growth ideas of today.
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Videos
Holiday Car Ads in the Era of Millennials Buying Fewer Cars
Lexus takes aim at social media as a perceived deterrent to driving.
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A Vision of a Carbon-Zero Urban Future: An Interview with Alex Steffen
How the world's wealthiest cities can beat back climate change.
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Restoring Sandy-Damaged Photos, for Free
The storm ruined scores of images. But one organization wants to help bring some back to life.
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Here's How to Get All Your Timid Friends on Bikes
This new book is full of good advice, delivered in plain English without getting all preachy or judgy.
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Measuring a Neighborhood's Green Spaces So They Can Grow
One New York City neighborhood had basically given up on open space. But thanks to some new data, they were able to advocate for it, and get it.
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This DIY Traffic Counter Could Change Everything About Transportation Planning
A $139 device that community groups, neighborhood associations, and advocacy organizations can use to gather data on their own.
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Urban Wonk
The Power of Bicycles in Disaster Recovery
For New Yorkers, cycling didn't just come in handy while the subway was shut down.
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The Big Fix
'We've Built Right Up to the Edge in the Most Foolish Way'
A historian of coastal settlements says we only have ourselves to blame for Sandy's destruction.
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Postcard
Surveying the Damage at Red Hook and Gowanus
Brooklyn is already hard at work cleaning up.
