A. Zivarts

@nondriver.bsky.social

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Author, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency low vision (#nystagmus), bus lover, bike rider annazivarts.com #WeekWithoutDriving weekwithoutdriving.org Nondrivers Alliance nondrivers.org (c3) Nondriver Action ndaction.org (c4)

People crossing
Traffic
Traffic in smoke
Person biking on MLK sidewalk
Air sensor and box fan
Air quality map
Candidate Questionnaire 2026 What are the top 3 priorities you want to achieve in this term? What is your vision for a community where people can afford to live and have access to getting where they need to go? What is your connection – either your personal experience of that of a friend, family member or colleague – with barriers to transportation access? When was the last time you rode public transit in your community Will you participate in this year’s Week Without Driving October 1 – 8? (Week Without Driving was created to raise awareness about the needs of nondrivers in your communities. Participating does not mean not getting in a car for the full week — it can look like getting a ride from a colleague, taking the bus or walking for a trip you would normally drive, or connecting with a constituent who has limited transportation options to learn about the barriers they face).
Nondriver Action fights for the rights of Washingtonians who can’t drive so that no one is left isolated and without a voice. We work at the intersections of transportation, housing and climate justice to build communities and systems where everyone has the freedom to get to their school, work, healthcare, errands, and friends. A third of Washington residents are nondrivers. Nondrivers are people with disabilities, people who can’t afford driving, people without valid driver’s licenses, children and youth, and people aging out of driving. We care about transportation accessibility because it can make the difference between getting to do the things that connect us to our communities, like running errands, seeing a friend, or getting to an appointment — or being stuck at home and isolated. We need reliable and frequent transit in every community, accessible and safe sidewalks and crossings, and bike lanes and multi-use paths connected to every destination.
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Very late buses
Man crossing State Route 167 near Renton hit, killed in collision with SUV
But as the crowd stood in silence, my mind kept drifting south. To Rainier Beach, where two high school students were killed in January. To Hillman City, where a teenager allegedly killed another teenager in May. To Brighton, where a 19-year-old was killed in a May drive-by shooting. And to all the families who buried children without a New York Times alert, or without elected officials flanked by a bank of cameras, or without a single essay comparing our civic soul to San Francisco's. The South End often buries its dead in the quiet that the rest of the city reserves for the poor and the Black. Unseen and often unheard.
Person biking on sidewalk
Bernie at a cwa rally
Service update
Person with bike
Me on bus
Me trying to cross an intersection where the light changes way before I got across
People crossing street not crosswalk
Bard text for my book
Off corridor
The existing roadways do not meet modern seismic standards and are vulnerable to storm flooding and high tides. A collision near the Highway 3-Highway 16 interchange can bring traffic in an entire county to a virtual halt.
path detour
bauska bus map
people walking with groceries
people walking with groceries
trolly track cleaner
phone charger
checker board paint for driveway crossing
road crossings
metal fences creating turn pattern around rail crossing
People waiting for bus
Me in front of highway
Mutliuse path
Person on side of road with walker, no sidewalks
Me on bus
Prem
"Just getting politicians and planners on the bus -- so few of them know what it is not to just take the bus when it's convenient, but to truly rely on this. To have it be your first, third and last option"
event flyer
shelf of Russian books
view of riga over the river
drawing of week without driving nondrivers alliance logo with people walking on sidewalk, rolling, pushing stroller and biking,
rail trail
rural bus interior
dirt road paved sidewalk
rural bus sign
city bike path
rural bus stop
coffee stand on beach
Lime share map