I never really liked driving and would use a bus or bike as often as was not terribly worse but until 2018 it was an option to drive. My partner often can still drive me places but I too often get so angry when I look up how to get some place and realize I can spend 2-3 times as long to get there or ask my partner or just not go.
Anyway get Anna’s book! Be ready to write your elected officials often after. :)
"When Driving is Not an Option with Anna Zivarts."
One-third of people in the US can’t drive. Those tens of millions of people are often invisible to planners and elected officials, and that’s why Anna Letitia Zivarts, a low-vision nondriver and activist has written a new book, "When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency." We talked with Anna about building a system that works for everyone.
@voiceofunreason yes and PBOT used that as an excuse to build the worthless median islands instead of protected bike lanes 😞. I believe Hardesty later admitted that they got the wrong design on this, while she was relatively new as commissioner when she made that choice. The merchants and traffic Engineers need to understand that not all drivers are going to make any effort to do better.