Doug Gordon

Understanding and Addressing Temperature Impacts on Mortality Marshall Burke, Andrew J. Wilson, Tumenkhusel Avirmed, Jonas Wallstein, Mariana C. M. Martins, Patrick Behrer, Christopher W. Callahan, Marissa Childs, June Choi, Karina French, Carlos F. Gould, Sam Heft-Neal, Renzhi Jing, Minghao Qiu, Lisa Rennels, Emma Krasovich Southworth #34313 Abstract: A large literature documents how ambient temperature affects human mortality. Using decades of detailed data from 30 countries, we revisit and synthesize key findings from this literature. We confirm that ambient temperature is among the largest external threats to human health, and is responsible for a remarkable 5-12% of total deaths across countries in our sample, or hundreds of thousands of deaths per year in both the U.S. and EU. In all contexts we consider, cold kills more than heat, though the temperature of minimum risk rises with age, making younger individuals more vulnerable to heat and older individuals more vulnerable to cold. We find evidence for adaptation to the local climate, with hotter places experiencing somewhat lower risk at higher temperatures, but still more overall mortality from heat due to more frequent exposure. Within countries, higher income is not associated with uniformly lower vulnerability to ambient temperature, and the overall burden of mo! rtality from ambient temperature is not falling over time. Finally, we systematically summarize the limited set of studies that rigorously evaluate interventions that can reduce the impact of heat and cold on health. We find that many proposed and implemented policy interventions lack empirical support and do not target temperature exposures that generate the highest health burden, and that some of the most beneficial interventions for reducing the health impacts of cold or heat have little explicit to do with climate.

"...ambient temperature is among the largest external threats to human health, and is responsible for a remarkable 5-12% of total deaths across countries in our sample, or hundreds of thousands of deaths per year in both the U.S. and EU."
www.nber.org/papers/w34313

Close up shot of some folded "How to Report ICE" zines on a table next to a pair of scissors.

@bkindivisible.bsky.social members also folded the incredible @meganpiont.bsky.social's awesome "How to Report ICE" zine for distribution!

You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

When is The View going to have me on the show or are they just going to continue to let an abuser spout lies on their show?

Imagine if a water pipe broke and the water department had to ask city council whether to fix it and then spend 12 months asking everyone on the street their opinion of how to fix it before they could start work.

That's how cities manage curbs.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles on protected cycling infrastructure on the streets of Downtown Vancouver.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles on protected cycling infrastructure on the streets of Downtown Vancouver.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles on protected cycling infrastructure on the streets of Downtown Vancouver.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles on protected cycling infrastructure on the streets of Downtown Vancouver.

When newly-elected Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson started converting car lanes to bike lanes in 2009, pundits claimed it was political suicide. In 2018, he stepped down after three terms as the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. So what can this tale teach us about so-called "bikelash"?🧵

Congrats! And thanks for your work over the years at the States Project.

The Next Big Idea Club’s October 2025 Must-Read Books These titles will be included in our longlist of potential titles for Season 28 of the Next Big Idea Club.

Thank you Next Big Idea Club for including "Life After Cars" on your list of October's Must-Read Books. We're in some great company!

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We have some really awesome guests lined up for our L.A. show at Dynasty Typewriter with even more to come. And I can't wait to get to San Diego. It's been ages.

Next year will bring a new mayoral administration, and it’s time to think big about improving our streetscape.

The @ridersalliance.org plan for Bus Rapid Transit is exactly the kind of visionary stake in the ground we need.

BRT saves time, and time is money in New Yorkers’ pockets.

I'm ready to live the life after cars. @thewaroncars.bsky.social

A pre-order confirmation for Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile

A hand holding a Life After Cars sticker with a car with some flowers growing out of it, and a similarly styled letter

Two bikes rolling through a New York City intersection at night, gently motion blurred

We're so excited to get our copy of Life After Cars from @thewaroncars.bsky.social in a few weeks, and we got their sticker just the week before we headed to New York City! We know it's going to be a fabulous read.

Now we're off to bike in the Big Apple 🚴🏻‍♂️

A letter printed on 8.5 x 11 paper with a yellow border. The top left corner has a drawing of a traffic signal covered in vines, and the lower right corner has a drawing of a car overgrown with flowers. —- Hello friends, We're less than one month away from the release of our new book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. And we want to start by saying: thank you. Whether you've supported us on Patreon or picked something up from our store. you ve already helped build this project. To show our gratitude, we're sending you a limited-edition "Life After Cars" sticker. Think of it as both a thank-you and a conversation starter. Something for your bike, water bottle, laptop. or street sign to to spark curiosity and spread the message. We wrote Life After Cars because we wanted to go deeper than we ever could on the podcast-with fresh stories, bold ideas, and practical tools for rethinking the way our communities move, connect, and thrive. If you're planning to read it, the best way to support the work right now is to preorder your copy. Early orders make a big difference in helping the book reach more readers and in amplifying this message beyond our usual circles. Together, we can make the case for change-not someday, but right now. With gratitude and in solidarity for imagining a life after cars, Doug & Sarah P.S. We'll be out on the road this fall-check lifeaftercars.com for cities and dates. We'd love to see you in person. LIFEAFTERCARS.COM

A rectangular sticker with a yellow border that says “LIFE AFTER CARS FREEING OURSELVES FROM THE TYRANNY OF THE AUTOMOBILE” The bottom half has a drawing of a car overgrown with flowers, and ends with the URL lifeaftercars.com (Life After Cars dot com)

a special delivery from @thewaroncars.bsky.social!

Recorded a 50 minute timelapse of the new Flatbush Ave center running bus lanes this first rush hour, as DOT crews are still installing signage and stuff.

So far, it works! Drivers generally obey it and buses are clearly sped up. And don’t miss that ambulance bypassing traffic at the 6 second mark!

Labour are pursuing “an ideological war” on drivers, motorcyclists and the freight industry, Holden says. There we are.

I’m in the main hall of Tory conference to watch new-ish shadow transport secretary Richard Holden give his speech. The title leads me to expect talk about the war on the motorist and 20mph zones.

San Francisco! Don't miss out on our live show with @yimbyaction.bsky.social on October 25th. We're so excited to come to the Bay Area to kick off our book tour.

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, Aaron Naparstek: 9780593850725 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything—and what we can do to fight back When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technolo...

preorder it now:

Thanks for your support!

It's on! Pulaski Bridge this evening

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

Marisa Kabas, welcome etc. etc.

the book Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, photographed on the beach

reading this book in october on a beach day in new york city really drives (pun intended) the point of this book home.

congrats @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social !

OMG. So glad it arrived and it's in your hands. Thank you so much!

My synagogue invited all the mayoral candidates to address us in a town hall. So far Mamdani and Sliwa have said yes but Cuomo hasn't responded. Is he even running a campaign?

Really curious to learn how Debra Messing thinks 8-year-old Zohran Mamdani celebrated 9/11.

"The same people who did 9/11 did oct 7" is a new level of Islamophobia.

I'm not saying that e-bikes aren't a growing safety concern, but 2023 saw over 3,000 teenagers die plus another 200,000+ teenagers injured due to car crashes... and this problem has been around since before Rick Reilly was even born

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

A purple notebook with two stickers: One with a drawing of four red tomatoes on the vine and three white flowers with red centers. The other shows the cover of a new book, “Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile.” Lifeaftercars.com

I am delighted and proud to have a sticker of my wife’s “Life After Cars” book on my new notebook. Book hits the stores Oct. 21, available for preorders now at lifeaftercars.com #lifeaftercars

We're so excited to be hosting @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear for a conversation about their new book, Life After Cars! 6:30pm, Sat Nov 8th, Downtown Vancouver.
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