Articles by Sarah Goodyear
Sarah Goodyear has written about cities for a variety of publications, including Grist and Streetsblog. She lives in Brooklyn. She's also on Twitter.
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How the places we live make us sick, and how they could heal us instead
Our built environment is quite literally driving us down the road to obesity and stress. A group of planners in Vancouver wants to turn that around.
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How automobiles make our streets less livable [VIDEO]
Sure, you know who Jane Jacobs is. But have you ever heard of Donald Appleyard? In his pioneering book Livable Streets, Appleyard documented how cars destroy a sense of neighborhood. A new video brings his research back to life.
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Republican victories not good news for transportation advocates
Things just got tougher for people who want to change the transportation system in the United States from a highway-centric model to one that gives more attention to rail, buses, biking, and walking.
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How to make congestion pricing seem fun and fair [VIDEO]
A pair of slightly weird videos manage to make road pricing both entertaining and easy to understand.
