Before they joined us at Bike Happy Hour on Wednesday, Life After Cars co-authors and War on Cars Podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear swung by the Shed for a chat. The video above is a highlight reel from our conversation. If you missed Bike Happy Hour or their sold-out event at Powell’s Thursday night, this is a great chance to get to know this wonderful duo and to be inspired by the important work they’re doing.
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Solid interview!
I’d love to know what examples they have where changing culture is best done by starting at such a confrontational point (the war on cars) vs. where people are at. I wish them the best of luck, but I’m not sure that’s how our brains work. We tend to shut down at big confrontations, and as I read social change history over the past half-century those movements that have been most confrontational usually haven’t succeeded. One could perhaps use ACT UP! in NYC as an example, or perhaps argue the confrontation raises the issue and creates space for the more gradual change.
Genuinely curious – imagine they have some solid stories!