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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.