Thursday, May 14 at 7 PM, Doors Open 6:30 PMat Resurrection Philadelphia, 123 S. 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103Spend an evening with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear, the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, as they come to the city of brotherly love promoting their book Life After Cars. At this special event, the authors will discuss the negative impacts of car-dependency and how we can create safer, more liveable streets, even here in Philadelphia. Hosted by 5th Square Advocacy and Philly Bike Action, the event will kick off with remarks by safe-streets champion, District 1 State Senator Nikil Saval, and will finish with a Q&A session. Our emcee for the event will be renowned Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic, Inga Saffron.GET TICKETSSenator Nikil Saval is a father, husband, writer, and organizer representing Pennsylvania’s First Senatorial District. Serving as Democratic Chair of the Senate’s Urban Affairs & Housing Committee and Chair of the Senate’s Philadelphia Delegation, Saval's legislative work is focused on critical response to Pennsylvania’s housing, mass incarceration, wage, and climate crises, while simultaneously pushing for deep structural change. He is fighting for a Philadelphia and Pennsylvania that work for everyone.Inga Saffron is the architecture critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer. For more than 20 years, she has been a forceful advocate for meaningful design, accessible public spaces and transit, affordable housing, historic preservation and policies that make our cities more livable and climate resilient.Sarah Goodyear is a journalist and author whose work has appeared in CityLab, Streetsblog, Grist,The New York Daily News, The Village Voice, and many other venues. She is the coauthor of Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. She is also cofounder and cohost of The War on Cars, a podcast that looks at the effects of automobile dependence on our society. Sarah lives in Brooklyn.Doug Gordon is a writer, media producer, public speaker, safe streets advocate and passionate believer in cities for people. Otherwise known as @BrooklynSpoke online, he's also one of the hosts of The War on Cars podcast. Their bestselling book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile, was published by Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in 2025. His writing has also appeared in The Guardian, The New Republic, Salon, Curbed, Jalopnik, The New York Daily News and Streetsblog.GET TICKETSVIP Tickets Include: Meet & greet with the authors starting at 6 PMA signed copy of the book Complimentary beer & wine before the eventSeating in the front rows at the eventHow to Get There:L, B and T lines to City Hall / 15th St stationSEPTA Bus: 2, 4, 9, 12, 16, 17, 21, 27, 31, 32, 33, 38, 42, 44, 48, 62, 124, 125Regional Rail to Suburban StationPATCO to 16th and LocustBike: Indego Station on the 1700 block of SansomBicycle Parking available inside venueDoors are on 17th St just south of Sansom St