Anna Zivarts
@nondriver.bsky.social
Author, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
Creator, #WeekWithoutDriving
Organizer, Nondrivers Alliance, nondrivers.org
Disabled parent (#nystagmus), bus lover, bike rider.
Creator, #WeekWithoutDriving
Organizer, Nondrivers Alliance, nondrivers.org
Disabled parent (#nystagmus), bus lover, bike rider.
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Columbus has a similar program for creating Block Parties. Here are the resources to get started: columbusrecparks.com/events/plan-...
Columbus has a similar program for creating Block Parties. Here are the resources to get started: columbusrecparks.com/events/plan-...
January 25, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Columbus has a similar program for creating Block Parties. Here are the resources to get started: columbusrecparks.com/events/plan-...
Columbus has a similar program for creating Block Parties. Here are the resources to get started: columbusrecparks.com/events/plan-...
I've gotten to know my neighbors by organizing weekly block parties in the spring/summer. Thursday evenings after work till it gets dark. Seattle has a free permit process if you want to close your street. I'm putting in my 2026 application now.
January 25, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I've gotten to know my neighbors by organizing weekly block parties in the spring/summer. Thursday evenings after work till it gets dark. Seattle has a free permit process if you want to close your street. I'm putting in my 2026 application now.
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Two months until the Judkins Park Station will open to riders, and unfortunately one of the major routes to the station still doesn't have working light.
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Two months until the Judkins Park Station will open to riders, and unfortunately one of the major routes to the station still doesn't have working light.
Two months till the Judkins Park station opens and we still have these deadly unsignalized on-ramps to cross. Project timeline to potentially fix (*if* funding is allocated)...2050.
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Two months till the Judkins Park station opens and we still have these deadly unsignalized on-ramps to cross. Project timeline to potentially fix (*if* funding is allocated)...2050.
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New #TalkingHeadways podcast! Anna Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social hosts this week featuring a panel of excellent advocates and elected officials discussing the Week Without Driving. link.theoverheadwire.com/jq9wv @usa.streetsblog.org
Talking Headways Podcast: A Week Without Driving — Streetsblog USA
Anna Zivarts discusses the lessons of last year's Week Without Driving with several politicians who brought it to their communities.
link.theoverheadwire.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
New #TalkingHeadways podcast! Anna Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social hosts this week featuring a panel of excellent advocates and elected officials discussing the Week Without Driving. link.theoverheadwire.com/jq9wv @usa.streetsblog.org
Looking at summer camps for my kid in Latvia this summer and under "how to get there" the camp I'm looking at lists adjacent tram, trolleybus and bus stops.
I have found my people.
(I challenge Seattle parents to send me a camp that lists transit access directions -- first or at all)
I have found my people.
(I challenge Seattle parents to send me a camp that lists transit access directions -- first or at all)
January 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Looking at summer camps for my kid in Latvia this summer and under "how to get there" the camp I'm looking at lists adjacent tram, trolleybus and bus stops.
I have found my people.
(I challenge Seattle parents to send me a camp that lists transit access directions -- first or at all)
I have found my people.
(I challenge Seattle parents to send me a camp that lists transit access directions -- first or at all)
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6. I love my #Ebike for so many reasons, but the ability to bundle up in whatever the hell I want to for my sub-freezing morning commute is without doubt the top of my list.
Sucks the state of New Jersey decided to take this ability away from people who don't drive.
bsky.app/profile/nond...
Sucks the state of New Jersey decided to take this ability away from people who don't drive.
bsky.app/profile/nond...
Well, now I can't legally ride an e-bike in NJ.
There are so many disabled folks who use ebikes and trikes when we can't get driver's licenses. This is really crappy.
There are so many disabled folks who use ebikes and trikes when we can't get driver's licenses. This is really crappy.
F**k. He signed it. New Jersey now has the harshest regulations on e-bikes in the nation. www.insidernj.com/press-releas...
January 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM
6. I love my #Ebike for so many reasons, but the ability to bundle up in whatever the hell I want to for my sub-freezing morning commute is without doubt the top of my list.
Sucks the state of New Jersey decided to take this ability away from people who don't drive.
bsky.app/profile/nond...
Sucks the state of New Jersey decided to take this ability away from people who don't drive.
bsky.app/profile/nond...
How can we design communities that everyone -- no matter our disability, no matter our ability to drive, get a license or afford a car -- has the ability to go where we need to go. Really proud of the Vancouver event Nondrivers Alliance coordinated yesterday...
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM
How can we design communities that everyone -- no matter our disability, no matter our ability to drive, get a license or afford a car -- has the ability to go where we need to go. Really proud of the Vancouver event Nondrivers Alliance coordinated yesterday...
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2025 set a new terrible record for car-on-bicycle violence in WA State. Over 200 people were either killed or seriously injured in collisions involving cars.
The 2025 total was 60% more than the pre-pandemic levels (about 112 per year).
fortress.wa.gov/wsp/collisio...
The 2025 total was 60% more than the pre-pandemic levels (about 112 per year).
fortress.wa.gov/wsp/collisio...
January 21, 2026 at 4:37 AM
2025 set a new terrible record for car-on-bicycle violence in WA State. Over 200 people were either killed or seriously injured in collisions involving cars.
The 2025 total was 60% more than the pre-pandemic levels (about 112 per year).
fortress.wa.gov/wsp/collisio...
The 2025 total was 60% more than the pre-pandemic levels (about 112 per year).
fortress.wa.gov/wsp/collisio...
Rode my Tern ebike to a medical appointment this afternoon & was thinking how I used to bike commute from upper Manhattan to my hemotologist in Ft Lee, NJ. If I lived in NYC still, that trip would be illegal due to the new ebike law.
January 20, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Rode my Tern ebike to a medical appointment this afternoon & was thinking how I used to bike commute from upper Manhattan to my hemotologist in Ft Lee, NJ. If I lived in NYC still, that trip would be illegal due to the new ebike law.
Well, now I can't legally ride an e-bike in NJ.
There are so many disabled folks who use ebikes and trikes when we can't get driver's licenses. This is really crappy.
There are so many disabled folks who use ebikes and trikes when we can't get driver's licenses. This is really crappy.
F**k. He signed it. New Jersey now has the harshest regulations on e-bikes in the nation. www.insidernj.com/press-releas...
Governor Murphy Signs Senate President Scutari’s E-Bike Safety Legislation - Insider NJ
Governor Murphy Signs Senate President Scutari’s E-Bike Safety Legislation Posted on – 01/19/2026 Legislation Enacts Some of the Nation’s Toughest Regulations on E-Bikes TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy...
www.insidernj.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Well, now I can't legally ride an e-bike in NJ.
There are so many disabled folks who use ebikes and trikes when we can't get driver's licenses. This is really crappy.
There are so many disabled folks who use ebikes and trikes when we can't get driver's licenses. This is really crappy.
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Reduce the cost to build one project and use the money on another is the argument. ST has chosen a LOS C at the PM Peak to set platform size. Same logic that is applied to highways and strip mall parking lots. Overbuilding isn’t free. Other projects will be cut to pay for it.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Reduce the cost to build one project and use the money on another is the argument. ST has chosen a LOS C at the PM Peak to set platform size. Same logic that is applied to highways and strip mall parking lots. Overbuilding isn’t free. Other projects will be cut to pay for it.
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“Before robotaxis are welcomed at all, public transportation services must be so good that robotaxis will not delay them or divert passengers from them. By this standard, Toronto ... should not be welcoming large deployments of robotaxis any time soon.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A warning to Canada: Self-driving taxis won’t be a traffic cure-all, and they ignore the real disease
Companies like Waymo lower fares to inflate demand, making it harder to address the actual problem: low-quality public transit
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“Before robotaxis are welcomed at all, public transportation services must be so good that robotaxis will not delay them or divert passengers from them. By this standard, Toronto ... should not be welcoming large deployments of robotaxis any time soon.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
I showed up after the drama had ended, but the hope was all sucked out of the room. Not sure how to move forward
The number of people who explicitly showed up to complain about not being able to turn right on red was definitely in the double digits.
It sounds like news of today's meeting was circulated among members of Coexist Lake Washington, a group that was stood up to block most changes to that specific street but is clearly an all-purpose anti-multimodal advocacy organization now.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I showed up after the drama had ended, but the hope was all sucked out of the room. Not sure how to move forward
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"Sound Transit defines crowded as 4.4 square feet per standing passenger. If Sound Transit adopted load standards comparable to systems like New York City’s subway (3 sq. ft. / passenger), it could increase “capacity” by roughly one-third without building anything new."
"Sound Transit defines crowded as 4.4 square feet per standing passenger. If Sound Transit adopted load standards comparable to systems like New York City’s subway (3 sq. ft. / passenger), it could increase “capacity” by roughly one-third without building anything new."
Op-Ed: How to Close Sound Transit’s 35-Billion-Dollar Gap Without Breaking the System » The Urbanist
# Sound Transit needs a systematic strategy for closing its $35 billion funding gap. Delivering the expansions promised to voters is possible, but requires political leadership and an appetite for a s...
www.theurbanist.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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"Sound Transit defines crowded as 4.4 square feet per standing passenger. If Sound Transit adopted load standards comparable to systems like New York City’s subway (3 sq. ft. / passenger), it could increase “capacity” by roughly one-third without building anything new."
"Sound Transit defines crowded as 4.4 square feet per standing passenger. If Sound Transit adopted load standards comparable to systems like New York City’s subway (3 sq. ft. / passenger), it could increase “capacity” by roughly one-third without building anything new."
Good morning from Crossroads transportation equity conference -- I'll try to share some notes. You can also still join remotely! sites.google.com/view/crossro...
Crossroads Convening - Event registration
Interested in attending?
sites.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Good morning from Crossroads transportation equity conference -- I'll try to share some notes. You can also still join remotely! sites.google.com/view/crossro...
"The moral part feels tricky bc bike buses are a form of transportation to public schools — a rare public space that is supposed to bring families together despite our differences in resources, in cultures, in the length of time we’ve lived in a community — to create opportunities for every kid."
Zivarts: How bike buses can leave some students behind
Editor’s note: This is an op-ed by Anna Zivarts, a visually impaired Seattle parent who is a co-leader of the Transportation and Environment subcommittee for Mayor Katie Wilson’s transi…
www.seattlebikeblog.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
"The moral part feels tricky bc bike buses are a form of transportation to public schools — a rare public space that is supposed to bring families together despite our differences in resources, in cultures, in the length of time we’ve lived in a community — to create opportunities for every kid."
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“People who take transit in Los Angeles largely depended on catching rides from friends, family or ride-share companies to evacuate from the January 2025 wildfires, according to a forthcoming study led by researchers at UCLA.”
How did LA transit riders evacuate from the fires?
UCLA researchers asked more than 160 evacuees how they reached safety.
laist.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
“People who take transit in Los Angeles largely depended on catching rides from friends, family or ride-share companies to evacuate from the January 2025 wildfires, according to a forthcoming study led by researchers at UCLA.”
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Catch these transportation equity sessions on Thursday!
(I'm presenting on my #TransOnTransit findings at Crossroads in the morning instead of TRBAM).
(I'm presenting on my #TransOnTransit findings at Crossroads in the morning instead of TRBAM).
I just looked at the schedule for Thursday's Crossroads transportation equity convening. It's gonna be impossible to pick which sessions I'll go to because I want to go to everything.
You can join online, for free
You can join online, for free
Crossroads Convening - Program
Program Overview
sites.google.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Catch these transportation equity sessions on Thursday!
(I'm presenting on my #TransOnTransit findings at Crossroads in the morning instead of TRBAM).
(I'm presenting on my #TransOnTransit findings at Crossroads in the morning instead of TRBAM).
Spending the day visiting Smithsonian art exhibits that are clearly holdouts from the previous era. If you have the chance check out the State Fair exhibit at the Renwick
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Spending the day visiting Smithsonian art exhibits that are clearly holdouts from the previous era. If you have the chance check out the State Fair exhibit at the Renwick
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
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My latest about how a new UW report shows ICE still has ways to access to WA's Dept of Licensing driver data, including photos, home addresses, etc. This is the latest in a now long saga of the DOL giving personal information to immigration enforcement.
UW Report: Immigration Agents Still Accessing WA Driver Data » The Urbanist
# The University of Washington Center for Human Rights reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is still accessing state license data to aid mass deportation, despite state efforts ...
www.theurbanist.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
My latest about how a new UW report shows ICE still has ways to access to WA's Dept of Licensing driver data, including photos, home addresses, etc. This is the latest in a now long saga of the DOL giving personal information to immigration enforcement.
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The IBR design for Vancouver, WA, was the stuff of nightmares. It's 2026! We should know better than to do this to our cities.
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The IBR design for Vancouver, WA, was the stuff of nightmares. It's 2026! We should know better than to do this to our cities.
We want to make sure we have a good if of jurisdictions that made official #WeekWithoutDriving proclamations in 2025. Here's what I have so far: Humboldt Transit Authority
Worcester, MA
Sun Prairie, WI
Austin, TX
Charlottesville, VA
Pittsburgh, PA
St. Paul, MN
Sebastopol, CA
...
Worcester, MA
Sun Prairie, WI
Austin, TX
Charlottesville, VA
Pittsburgh, PA
St. Paul, MN
Sebastopol, CA
...
January 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
We want to make sure we have a good if of jurisdictions that made official #WeekWithoutDriving proclamations in 2025. Here's what I have so far: Humboldt Transit Authority
Worcester, MA
Sun Prairie, WI
Austin, TX
Charlottesville, VA
Pittsburgh, PA
St. Paul, MN
Sebastopol, CA
...
Worcester, MA
Sun Prairie, WI
Austin, TX
Charlottesville, VA
Pittsburgh, PA
St. Paul, MN
Sebastopol, CA
...
I just looked at the schedule for Thursday's Crossroads transportation equity convening. It's gonna be impossible to pick which sessions I'll go to because I want to go to everything.
You can join online, for free
You can join online, for free
Crossroads Convening - Program
Program Overview
sites.google.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I just looked at the schedule for Thursday's Crossroads transportation equity convening. It's gonna be impossible to pick which sessions I'll go to because I want to go to everything.
You can join online, for free
You can join online, for free
Attending a #TRBAM workshop today on "transforming the rider experience with innovation." I'm hoping we get into a meaty discussion of what innovation and tech can solve for -- as well as when tech and AI are just window dressing, or more sinisterly, pull resources away from the real solutions.
January 11, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Attending a #TRBAM workshop today on "transforming the rider experience with innovation." I'm hoping we get into a meaty discussion of what innovation and tech can solve for -- as well as when tech and AI are just window dressing, or more sinisterly, pull resources away from the real solutions.