Week With out Driving is Rocking

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Photos from the Week Without Driving including a bus with the Week Without Driving Logo, a press conference in Pittsburgh,  and students completing a walk audit.

It’s Wednesday of the Week With out Driving, and with over 450 taking part organizations, the engagement has tripled! We’re excited that just about 500 elected officers and determination makers are taking part, together with 1000’s of people signed up. Listed below are a number of the highlights we’ve seen to this point.

Articles:

Recognizing Nondrivers Can Spur a Revolution on the Urbanist Weblog. A fantastic reflection on why folks discover it arduous to consider there are such a lot of nondrivers – and easy methods to begin eager about the nondrivers in all our lives. Together with the drivers who see automobiles as freedom, however will age out of driving!

Don’t Neglect About Non-Drivers in Rural America:  “Too typically, advocates for lowering car-dependency focus solely on dense city areas. However in doing so, they write off an excessive amount of of our nation and low cost the fact of too many non-drivers.”

Mother and father Battle To Observe the #WeekWithoutDriving: Okay, this one is a yr outdated, however the battle is actual – a mirrored image on parenting and driving from our mates at StrongTowns 

Social Media Movies:

Our mates at Good Progress America put collectively this nice video, and a supporting weblog put up

Incapacity Mobility Initiative interviewing Actual Change Distributors on what issues to them https://x.com/non_drivers/standing/1840403172109762924

On TikTok, Jonathan Stalls,  @pedestriandignity,  mentioning the dearth of walkable streets close to a transit station, cultural facilities and a state DOT workplace! By the best way, you can too discover Jonathon providing stroll management coaching via Walk2Connect.

There are additionally some nice movies throughout social media, like this from content material creators like @mobilityforwho in Santa Monica, metropolis governments like OahuMPO in Honolulu, transit businesses like Ben Franklin Transit in Richland, WA, neighborhood leaders like Jonathan Desmarais from Pittsburg and elected leaders like Chicago Alderman Daniel La Spata.

Podcast:

The Hacks and Wonks podcast interviews Cecelia Black (Incapacity Rights Washington) and Ruth Rosas (America Walks) to place a highlight on why Week With out Driving exists, and all of the work being put in by organizations and advocates. 

What’s inspiring you this week?  What did we miss? Tell us, and thanks to your engagement!