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Todd Litman
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I am a transport and land use policy analyst. I love doing research about ways to make communities healthier, wealthier and wiser at the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org)

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Tomorrow the Victoria Urbanism Book Club will discuss my friend Anna Zivarts' insightful book, "When Driving is Not an Option" (annazivarts.com)
Date: Wed. Sept. 23
Time: 7-8pm
Location: theDock (www.thedockvictoria.com)

More information: www.victoriadra.ca/events/urbanism-book-club-september-2026
Tomorrow the Victoria Urbanism Book Club will discuss my friend Anna Zivarts' insightful book, "When Driving is Not an Option" (https://annazivarts.com) When Driving Is Not an Option shines a light on the frustrating, dangerous, and sometimes deadly situations involuntary nondrivers face every day and outlines steps to center the voices of nondrivers and make transportation more inclusive. Drawing from both her own experiences as a low-vision, non-driving mom and those of nondrivers across the country, Zivarts amplifies voices rarely heard or acknowledged by the people making decisions about transportation design and funding. Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Time: 7-8pm Location: theDock (https://www.thedockvictoria.com) Book: When Driving Is Not an Option by Anna Zivarts This is an important issue. Research described in Anna's book indicates that about a third of travellers cannot or should not drive. This is also discussed in my report, "Evaluating Transportation Diversity" (http://vtpi.org/choice.pdf). Anna is a terrific advocate for people with disabilities and multimodal planning. She has helped found the Week Without Driving (https://weekwithoutdriving.org) campaign which encourages motorists to reduce or eliminate driving for a week, in order to experience the world from a non-drivers' perspective (October 1-8 this year). I can report from personal experience being car-free can be a superior lifestyle -- we save money, get daily exercise and avoid stress -- but that is only possible because we live in a very accessible, multimodal neighborhood. Everybody should have that opportunity. Thanks Anna for your great work! www.facebook.com/weekwithoutdriving