Doug Gordon

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 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.