Join BikePGH and the hosts of podcast The War on Cars for an in-person discussion of their new book!
Join Bike Pittsburgh and the hosts of podcast The War on Cars, Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear, for a live, in-person discussion on their new book, Life After Cars. With humor, insight, and sharp critique, the hosts will unpack how we can build a better world beyond car dependency.
This book talk will also be a conversation about the future of our city, and inform our discussion about housing, transportation, and creating a more livable Pittsburgh.
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Life After Cars unpacks the scale of damage that cars cause, the forces that have created our current crisis and are invested in perpetuating it, and the way that the fight for better transportation is deeply linked to the fight for a more equitable and just society. Goodyear and Gordon will talk about their impressions of Pittsburgh, host a discussion and Q&A with local special guest Boaz Frankel, and explore how cities like ours can achieve safer streets, cleaner air, and better-connected neighborhoods.
EVENT DETAILS
- When: January 29, 2026 – 7:30pm
- Where: Alloy 26 in Nova Place (100 S Commons, Pittsburgh, PA 15212)
- Cost: Tickets start at $30
- A limited number of VIP tickets include:
- Early venue access + seating
- A copy of the Life After Cars book
- A pre-show meet & greet social hour with the authors for networking and book signing
SCHEDULE
6 PM – VIP Doors Open
7 PM – General Admission Doors Open
7:30 PM – Show Begins
How to get there
- Bike: Nova Place has bike parking available in multiple locations throughout the campus. Look for the bright orange racks for public use.
- Bus: Over a dozen Pittsburgh Regional Transit lines make Nova Place accessible via bus from Allegheny Commons and the North Shore. Buses 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 54 all have stops not far from Nova Place.
- Car parking is available in the Nova Place garage (Use GATE 4 to enter NOVA PLACE – 100 S. Commons)
- Accessibility: Alloy 26 at Nova Place is a fully wheelchair-accessible venue and service animals are permitted. Please fill out this form to request any additional ADA or other accommodations needed for you to participate fully in this event. BikePGH will make best efforts to provide the services requested, but please note we may not be able to fulfill all requests.
- What else to know: For easiest access, enter the parking garage at Gate 4/Visitor Entrance. Stay in the leftmost lanes when you enter and take the nearest elevator (Look for the elevator that says Concourse/ CENTRAL 2) and take it up to the Plaza Level of the concourse. Look for the Alloy 26 entrance to the right.
About the Book –
Cars ruin everything. That’s why we need Life After Cars.
When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technological marvel, predicted to make life easier and better for everyone; yet a hundred years later, that dream is running on empty.
Instead of unbounded freedom, the never-ending proliferation of automobiles has delivered a host of costs, among them the demolition of our neighborhoods, towns, and cities to make way for car infrastructure; an epidemic of violent death; countless hours lost in traffic; isolation from our fellow human beings; and the ongoing destruction of the natural world.
That’s why we need Life After Cars. Through historical records, revealing interviews, and unflinching statistics, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, hosts of the podcast The War on Cars, and former host Aaron Naparstek unpack the scale of damage that cars cause, the forces that have created our current crisis and are invested in perpetuating it, and the way that the fight for better transportation is deeply linked to the fight for a more equitable and just society.
Life After Cars expands on the podcast with new interviews and original content—offering something for everyone, from longtime listeners familiar with the harms of car culture to those just beginning to imagine a world with fewer metal boxes zooming around.
Cars as we know them today are unsustainable—but there is hope. Life After Cars will arm readers with the tools they need to implement real, transformative change, from simply raising awareness to taking a stand at public forums.
It’s past time to radically rethink—and shrink—society’s collective relationship with the automobile.
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