Live in Washington state? Over 16YO? You're eligible to apply for an e-bike rebate voucher from the WSDOT WE-Bike Program (WE-Bike because WA E-Bikes). You have until April 23, noon, to apply, then random drawing to select recipients. 60% of vouchers go to income-eligible (below 80% median household income for your county). https://ebikeswsdot.aptim.com/
https://wsdot.wa.gov/about/news/2025/applications-e-bike-rebates-open-april-9

#WSDOTActive #WABikes #BikeWA #BikeTooter #cycling #EBikes #BikeEverywhere #FamilyBikes #CargoBikes #MoveEquity #BikeEquity

Rereading a post I wrote last year that I really like. Thanks, Mom. Warning: Includes the F word (feminism). https://bikestylelife.com/2024/05/25/bike-life-lessons-learned/

#BikeTooter #cycling #BikeEverywhere #BikeLife #BicyclesChangeLives #feminism #WomenLead #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #Moms #activism #advocacy #transportation #accessibility #SafeRoutesNow

Intercity Transit in Olympia WA is awesome for a number of reasons, including this sign on a seat when we got on this evening to go home after walking downtown for dinner. Transit and civil rights have traveled together a long time.

#BlackLivesMatter #MobilityJustice #OlyWa #Transit #MoveEquity #CivilRights #transportation #IntercityTransit

Heading to Houston Monday for a conference. Stark reminder of whose trips are made easy + fast, whose time is valued: 41-minute driving trip airport to hotel, 2 hours via transit with 1 or 2 required transfers. Hotel is in Galleria area so this isn't a matter of going to rural area.

#transit #transportation #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #TransitTooter #nondriver #Texas #Houston

"People don’t walk in dangerous areas (of which we’ve created infinity of), unless they don’t have better options. And those circumstances would likely preclude them from doing things like buying and carrying special visibility garb." --Angie Schmitt

https://angieschmitt.substack.com/p/the-worst-of-pedestrian-safety-month?triedRedirect=true

#RoadSafety #walking #PedestrianDignity #transportation #infrastructure #VisionZero #PedestrianSafety #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar #SafetyOverSpeed #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #AngieSchmitt #poverty

"It is not possible to prioritize everyone.

Every decision has tradeoffs, and it’s clear who those choices prioritize when you consider the comfort, ease, and safety of different users. When it’s faster, easier, safer, and more comfortable to get somewhere by driving, we are prioritizing driving." --Anna Zivarts
https://www.planetizen.com/features/131781-when-prioritizing-all-modes-lie

#SafetyOverSpeed #transportation #infrastructure #CompleteStreets #VisionZero #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #nondrivers #disability #BikeTooter

Integrating Socioeconomic Vulnerability Into Resilient Infrastructure Planning. Combined
spatial analysis, network modeling, and social vulnerability indices to identify critical links, assess impact of potential disruptions on accessibility to essential services.
https://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/news/integrating-socioeconomic-vulnerability-resilient-infrastructure-planning?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ROWlgxppep-grUfX1ufsJSPZuJFaXrEso5qI0FyrKI6zsV2diwdKplxNafM5Ctu3axZouNbLwaTHShS6M3xmx6kBAkg3SXka4vS1Z-0aaiLxKxvU&_hsmi=326102622&utm_content=326102622&utm_source=hs_email

#resilience #ClimateCrisis #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #SES #VulnerablePeople #transportation #infrastructure #EmergencyEvacuation #SocialVulnerability #poverty #disability

Time to comment if you care about people not dying on the street. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #transportation #CarCulture #PedestrianDignity #pedestrian #walking #walkability #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice

By my friend Anna Zivarts, "Don’t Forget About Non-Drivers in Rural America". Aging population, housing prices, needs of nondrivers all come together in rural America.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/08/23/dont-forget-about-nondrivers-in-rural-america

I highly recommend Anna's book When Driving Is Not an Option https://islandpress.org/books/when-driving-not-option#desc.

#BikeTooter #transportation #rural #RuralLife #housing #infrastructure #transit #WeekWithoutDriving #nondrivers #disability #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #AnnaZivarts #DisabilityJustice

USDOT Equity Action Plan webinar 7/25, Request for Information open thru 8/14 to help them in their update to the DOT Equity Action Plan.   

Webinar July 25, 10-11am Pacific on Zoom https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ehFPM7MNSvOxClb5JUztGQ#/registration. Sign language interpreting, captioning (CART services), and Spanish translation services offered during the webinar. 
RFI https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/15/2024-15456/department-of-transportation-equity-action-plan-update.
#MoveEquity #DEI #equity #USDOT #transportation #TransportEquity #EJ #EnvironmentalJustice #EquityAction