Tag: anna zivarts

September 18, 2024

Thursday: Central Library hosts Anna Zivarts talk about ‘When Driving Is Not An Option’

Site Note: Our ancient and no-longer-supported calendar plugin finally died for good this week, so the Seattle Bike Blog Events Calendar is out of service until I find a replacement. As a result, you may see more event notices posted as regular posts. Anna Zivarts is giving a free talk 7 p.m. Thursday (September 19)…
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tagged: a week without driving, anna zivarts, events, seattle public library, when driving is not an option
July 23, 2024

Aug 3: Join me for a family-friendly social and book reading in Tacoma

Hey Tacoma folks, I’m headed your way August 3 along with Anna Zivarts, author of the excellent book When Driving Is Not An Option: Steering Away From Car Dependency. This will be the first ever Seattle Bike Blog event in Tacoma, and I’m looking forward to meeting up with you all at this Downtown On…
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tagged: anna zivarts, downtown on the go, tacoma, when driving is not an option
May 9, 2024

Review: Everyone making transportation policy decisions must read ‘When Driving Is Not An Option,’ out today

“When I share the fact that a third of people in the United States can’t, or can’t afford to, drive, usually my audience is incredulous,” writes Seattle resident Anna Letitia Zivarts in her book “When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency” out today from Island Press. Zivarts will be speaking 7:30…
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tagged: anna zivarts, book reviews, disability rights washington, nondrivers, when driving is not an option
September 19, 2022

A Week Without Driving starts today + Read this excellent op-ed

A Week Without Driving is fairly straightforward: It’s a challenge that asks people who typically drive to go a week without using their car. It can be a powerful experience for individuals who take it on. But the Disability Mobility Initiative at Disability Rights Washington is not only challenging the general population, they purposefully reach…
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tagged: a week without driving, anna zivarts, disability mobility initiative, disability rights washington
September 13, 2021

Publicola: What the e-bike boom means for Seattle

E-bike sales are outpacing electric car sales two-to-one in the United States, and e-bikes now make up 20% or more of bikes sold in Seattle bike shops. And as Josh Feit (with Maryam Noor) wrote for Publicola, all signs point to a continued increase in e-bike use. Feit recently bought an e-bike after a friend…
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tagged: anna zivarts, davey oil, josh feit, maryam noor, publicola
June 18, 2019

Hundreds rally and ride downtown to protest cuts to safe streets projects

Hundreds of people rallied at City Hall then rode bikes, rolled in wheelchairs or walked down 4th Ave Sunday to protest recent cuts to safe streets projects. The Ride For Safe Streets, organized by members of the Move All Seattle Sustainably coalition, came just days before the City Council Transportation Committee was scheduled to hear…
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tagged: anna zivarts, clara cantor, jackson reavis, jeanna wheeler, lorena gonzález, michael forzano, mike o’brien, rich brown, ride for safe streets