This event has ended! Thank you to all who attended!
We’re grateful to the sold out audience who attended this show, and another huge thank you to Doug, Sarah, Lucy, Tom, Uytae, and our community sponsors VeloLifestyle, Cycling Without Age, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Movement YVR.
Here are some photos from the event!
Vision Zero Vancouver proudly presents Life After Cars live in Vancouver with The War on Cars hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear, and Vancouver City Councilor Lucy Maloney.
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: $35
Venue: Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
149 West Hastings St. Vancouver, B.C. Google maps
Event details: Doors open at 6:30 PM for mingling and book signings. The conversation will begin at 7 PM. The event will end at 8:30 PM.
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Life After Cars
Join us on November 8th for a discussion on urban design and the future of transportation with The War on Cars podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear.
Heralded as a world-changing invention, automobiles promised a dream of freedom and independence. Instead, they’ve delivered pollution, noise, expense, sprawling isolated cities, climate catastrophe, and hundreds of thousands of deaths per year. But there’s still hope for a post-car-dominated world.
Doug and Sarah will talk about their new book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything, and what we can do to fight back. Joining the conversation will be Vancouver’s own recently-elected Councillor Lucy Maloney, to discuss these problems and their solutions in the context of the city we know and love.
We’re collaborating with Pulpfiction Books so that you can pre-order a copy of Life After Cars alongside your ticket purchase, to pick up at the event! Additional copies will be available for purchase onsite, while quantities last.
About the speakers
Doug Gordon is a co-host of the War on Cars podcast. He’s also worked as a producer, director, and writer and has worked on projects across the globe. Doug has channeled his experience in television into advocating for friendlier, more human-centered cities, built for those who walk, roll, bike, and take transit. He’s been a consultant for governments, private companies, and non-profits on how to market smarter streets and more livable cities.
Sarah Goodyear is a writer and a journalists who writes about cities and what makes them work. She also co-hosts the War on Cars podcast. Together with Doug Gordon and Aaron Naparstek, she co-authored the Life After Cars book that will be featured at this event. Her work has appeared in numerous publications across North America.
Lucy Maloney is an environmental lawyer and a lifelong advocate for safer streets. In 2025, she was elected to Vancouver City Council in a by-election, running with OneCity Vancouver. In council, she’s a champion for housing for all, transit, active transportation, pedestrian and cyclist safety, and greener and more sustainable cities.
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Vision Zero Vancouver 
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