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.

As a TV producer with credits for PBS, ABC, Discovery, History, Travel, and NatGeo, Doug knows how to tell a good story. Using these skills, he has advised transportation advocacy organizations, climate groups, and mobility companies on communications strategies that make the case for safer, smarter and more sustainable cities. 

Doug has presented on the subject of advocacy and communication at events and conferences all over the world, including the Utopian Hours Festival in Turin, Italy; the Velo-City Conference in Ghent, Belgium; the New Mobility Congress in Katowice, Poland; and in front of audiences in cities across North America.

Doug is a tireless and dedicated community volunteer, and helped establish New York's "LPI bill," which gives people on bikes a head start on cars at intersections, making them safer. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Leora and their two children, who love getting around the neighborhood by biking, walking, and public transit.

Senator Analise Ortiz proudly serves the people of West Phoenix and South Glendale, representing Arizona's 24th Legislative District. She is a born-and-raised Arizonan, a former investigative journalist, and a daughter of educators. Ortiz champions policies to lower rent, combat corporate greed, and defend the civil rights of all people. 

Moderator Ed Hermes is a community leader, urbanism advocate and past chair of the Vision Zero Committee, a City of Phoenix advisory committee that is dedicated to stopping the epidemic of car violence in Phoenix. Ed has worked on issues of safe routes to school, building sidewalks, increasing the housing supply, supporting affordable housing, increasing bike lanes, and many other urbanist issues. He has been car-free since 2013 and can often be seen on his bike, on the Light Rail, and on the bus. Outside of his urbanism work, Ed is a partner at the law firm of Snell & Wilmer and he serves on the Osborn School District's governing board. Ed loves biking with his 7 and 9-year-old daughters and is working to create a city that is safe for all kids to walk and bike.