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nondriver
30% of people in the US & Canada can't or don't drive.
nondriver is a podcast about the lives and stories of those people, hosted by Anna Zivarts and Devin Silvernail. Every episode, we talk to people who navigate a world built for drivers, not as a lifestyle experiment, but as a permanent reality. Disabled people, older adults, low-income riders, rural nondrivers, and transit advocates who have been telling the truth about car dependency long before it became a talking point.
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Episodes
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How accessible infrastructure affects social participation
Blake Duarte, a transportation and accessibility advocate from University Place, Washington, shares his personal journey with mobility influenced by cerebral…
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Bus Chick on why life is more interesting on transit
Carla Saulter, better known as Bus Chick, is a lifelong Seattleite and transportation advocate. Carla shares her story, from riding buses as a child, to…
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How Qudsiya Naqui Found Freedom on the Subway
Qudsiya Naqui is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law and the creator and host of Down to the…
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Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders in the Disability Community
This week we talked to Keidra Chaney, a writer, a narrative consultant, a creator, and Program Director at Disability Culture Lab in Chicago about what it…
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Why Abby is Transitioning from Nonprofit Advocacy to a Career in Planning
Abby, a transportation accessibility advocate and urban planning student in Portland, grew up as a blind individual in rural Washington State. Abby shares her…
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How Rural Nondrivers Travel Further, Pay More, & Spend More Time Searching for Essential Services
Alex is a lifelong Pennsylvanian, an elected official, and a nondriver. Following being hit by someone driving a car and a search for affordable public…
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Sharing Your Authentic Nondriver Story, ft. Pedestrian Pride
McKenzie Ortiz is a mobility advocate and creator of Pedestrian Pride living in Jersey City, New Jersey. McKenzie grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and spent most of…
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Stephen's Journey As a Dad, a Multimodal Engineer, and a Nondriver
Growing up in the Denver area, Stephen learned to navigate by transit early and carried that habit into adulthood, which became an asset when a medical…
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How Brenda's Vision Loss Became a Reason for Self-Empowerment
When Brenda Niccum found herself in the position of losing her ability to drive due to vision loss, she used it as an opportunity for self-empowerment. Now…
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How Darcy Reynard Navigated Losing the Ability to Drive
Darcy Reynard grew up never thinking driving wouldn't be an option. From family trips by car to learning to drive, Darcy followed a pretty standard trajectory…
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Nazanine Heydarian on Trust, Family, and a Life Without Driving
Nazanine (Naz) Heydarian is an assistant professor of social work at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Legally blind, she describes failing her vision…
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How to Make Your City More Accountable to Nondrivers, ft. Karthik Balasubramanian
Karthik Balasubramanian is a Howard University professor and chair of DC's Multimodal Accessibility Advisory Council who became a nondriver at 24, after a…
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How Transit Access Connects Social Movements
Una Fonte grew up legally blind in rural Vermont, an hour's walk from a bus that came when it felt like it. After a transformative time abroad in Germany, she…
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Anna Zivarts on Why Nondrivers Should Lead the Urbanist Movement
The urbanist movement loves to talk about car-free living. What it talks about less is the people who never had a choice. Anna Zivarts has spent her career…
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What Does it Mean to be a Nondriver "by Default?"
Most people who talk about transportation alternatives have chosen to give up their car. Devin Silvernail never had that option. After a lifetime of living…