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EPISODE 125: When Driving Is Not an Option with Anna Zivarts
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As you know all too well, the United States has built a transportation system centered around automobiles. But one-third of the nation’s population can’t drive, whether because of disability, age, financial hardship, immigration status, or any of a host of other factors.
Those tens of millions of people are often invisible to planners and elected officials, and that’s why Anna Letitia Zivarts, herself a low-vision nondriver and a longtime activist for better transportation choices, has written a new book titled When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency (Island Press). We talked with Anna about how, by designing our transportation future for those who can’t or don’t feel comfortable driving, we could build a system that works better for everyone and that would be more equitable, safer, and more environmentally sustainable.
It was a really mind-opening conversation. We hope you enjoy it!
—Sarah
Anna Zivarts
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Comments
Peter Graham
When the world is designed to only work when you drive a car/ truck, don’t be surprised when those who have lost or are disqualified from a driver’s license just drive anyway. They tell us driving is a privilege and can be lost or denied, but then design a system with very few or no alternatives.
Gary Harty
I'm curious if the 30% without driver licenses includes the folks with suspended driver licenses that choose to drive anyway or for whatever reason drive but have never bothered to get a driver's license.
