When Driving is Not an Possibility

Have you ever ever puzzled how individuals handle to get round with out entry to a automobile? Have you ever thought-about what measures are in place in your group to make sure everybody has entry to dependable transportation choices past driving? Many people have skilled the challenges of not driving and discovering it troublesome to navigate and discover with out a automobile.

One third of individuals dwelling in america shouldn’t have a driver license. The vast majority of involuntary nondrivers are disabled, decrease revenue, unhoused, previously incarcerated, undocumented immigrants, youngsters, younger individuals, and the aged. They’re additionally largely invisible attributable to a mobility system designed virtually solely for drivers.

When Driving is Not an Possibility shines a lightweight on the truth for non-drivers and explains how enhancing our transportation system with nondrivers in thoughts will create a greater high quality of life for everybody. This guide is written by a low-vision mother, incapacity advocate, and fellow non-driver Anna Letitia Zivarts.

Throughout this occasion, Zivarts will clarify that when the wants of involuntary nondrivers are seen as important to how we design our transportation techniques and our communities, not solely will we be capable to extra simply get the place we have to go, however the adjustments will result in more healthy, climate-friendly communities for everybody.

Be part of our dialogue with writer Anna Zivarts and learn the way incapacity advocates are working in transportation advocacy to create accessible communities. This can be a dialog important for anybody occupied with fostering inclusive and sustainable transportation options for nondrivers throughout the nation.

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