One example: Anna and Disability Rights WA worked with state legislators for several years for a new law for transit decision-making boards to “add two voting members that use transit services to their governing boards. The policy stipulates that one of those new members must be primarily reliant on public transportation and the other must represent a community-based organization that serves transit riders.”

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Review: Everyone making transportation policy decisions must read ‘When Driving Is Not An Option,’ out today

Seattle Bike Blog’s photo review of the book. “When I share the fact that a third of people in the United States can’t, or can’t afford to, drive, usually my audience is inc…

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Thursday: Central Library hosts Anna Zivarts talk about ‘When Driving Is Not An Option’

Site Note: Our ancient and no-longer-supported calendar plugin finally died for good this week, so the Seattle Bike Blog Events Calendar is out of service until I find a replacement. As a result, you may see more event notices posted as regular posts.

Register via the Seattle Public Library event listing.

Anna Zivarts is giving a free talk 7 p.m. Thursday (September 19) at the Central Branch Library downtown about “how improving our transportation system with nondrivers in mind will benefit everyone.”

I reviewed Zivarts’ book When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency when it was released back in May. “In her book, Zivarts punctuates the hard data and research with people’s personal stories, creating a deeply humanized analysis of the scattered and often dangerous state of nondriving transportation in our nation and how we can make things better,” we wrote.

The talk comes a week and a half before the start of the Week Without Driving, an annual challenge Zivarts has been growing through her work with Disability Rights Washington. The challenge can be an enlightening moment for many people who are used to relying on their cars, but it is especially useful for transportation policy decision makers.

Thursday’s event will include live-captioning and ASL.

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Thursday: Central Library hosts Anna Zivarts talk about ‘When Driving Is Not An Option’ – Seattle Bike Blog

Site Note: Our ancient and no-longer-supported calendar plugin finally died for good this week, so the Seattle Bike Blog Events Calendar is out of service until I find a replacement. As a result, you may see more event notices posted as regular posts. Register via the Seattle Public Library event listing. Anna Zivarts is giving…

Review: Everyone making transportation policy decisions must read ‘When Driving Is Not An Option,’ out today

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/05/09/review-everyone-making-transportation-policy-decisions-must-read-when-driving-is-not-an-option-out-today/

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Review: Everyone making transportation policy decisions must read ‘When Driving Is Not An Option,’ out today

Seattle Bike Blog’s photo review of the book. “When I share the fact that a third of people in the United States can’t, or can’t afford to, drive, usually my audience is inc…

Seattle Bike Blog

New book by Anna Zivarts is all about #nondriving & #nondrivers

From the #book blurb: "One third of people living in the United States do not have a #driverLicense... and they are largely invisible. [...]The consequence of this invisibility is a #mobility system designed almost exclusively for #drivers... Zivarts shows that it is critical to include people who can’t drive in #transportation planning decisions"

#WhenDrivingIsNotAnOption, due out May 2024 by #IslandPress

https://islandpress.org/books/when-driving-not-option

When Driving Is Not an Option

Island Press