NEW - ACT Webinar to take place Thursday, May 30
When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
ACT is thrilled to announce our upcoming webinar "When Driving is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency." This event will take place on Thursday, May 30 from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern Time. Join us to hear from author Anna Zivarts and co-presenters Abby Griffith of Opal Environmental Justice Oregon and Kelli Refer of Move Redmond!
One third of people living in the United States do not have a driver's license. The majority of involuntary nondrivers are disabled, lower income, unhoused, formerly incarcerated, undocumented immigrants, kids, young people, and the elderly. They are also largely invisible due to a mobility system designed almost exclusively for drivers.
Low-vision mom and When Driving Is Not An Option author Anna Zivarts is joined by Abby Griffith, a disabled organizer with Portland Bus Riders Union, and mom and car-free Executive Director of Move Redmond, Kelli Refer to talk about how improving our transportation system with nondrivers in mind will create a better quality of life for everyone.
Attending this webinar qualifies for 1 TDM-CP credit.
Webinar registration is free for ACT members and $35 for non-members
Meet the speakers
Anna Zivarts is a low-vision parent, nondriver and author of When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency (Island Press, 2024). Anna created the #WeekWithoutDriving challenge and is passionate about bringing the voices of nondrivers to the planning and policy-making tables. Anna sits on the boards of the League of American Bicyclists, the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium and the Washington State Transportation Innovation Council. She also serves as a member of TRB's Committee on Public Health and Transportation (AME70) and the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center Coordinating Committee.
Kelli Refer is the Executive Director of Move Redmond, a transportation management association located in Western Washington. She has been an advocate for biking, walking, and transit for over a decade. She brings lived experience of being a car-free parent and policy expertise to advocate for funding safer streets, more trails, and frequent transit.
Abby Griffith is blind and relies entirely on public transit to get around. Currently, Abby is the Bus Riders Unite! Coordinator at OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon. She is committed to advocating for a better transportation system for all because she strongly believes that those of us who cannot drive also have a right to get where we need to go safely. Abby’s vision is to bring our community together and advocate for safer, fareless, and better transit. A fun thing about Abby is she loves traveling, especially taking the local bus to explore nature!