Anna Zivarts on Why Nondrivers Should Lead the Urbanist Movement

The urbanist movement loves to talk about car-free living. What it talks about less is the people who never had a choice. Anna Zivarts has spent her career building the case that those people shouldn't be a footnote to this conversation. They're the ones who should be leading it.Anna Zivarts is the founder of Nondrivers Alliance and author of When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency. Anna co-created the Week Without Driving challenge and directed the Disability Mobility Initiative at Disability Rights Washington.Chapters: [00:00] Introduction [03:17] When the union said "become a researcher" [06:12] Coming to embrace disability & identity[11:58] The book as an organizing tool [16:13] The burden of relying on others for rides [25:56] Car-free by choice vs nondriver by default [36:20] Sustainable advocacyAnna's bookWhen Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away From Car [email protected] by Anna Zivarts and Devin Silvernail. This episode was produced by Devin Silvernail.Questions? email [email protected] on YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@nondriverFollow us on [email protected] is a production of Nondrivers Alliance. More info: https://nondrivers.orgPick up a copy of Anna's book When Driving is Not An Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency. https://annazivarts.com/