Show Notes
Guest host, Emily Stremel!
Denis and Emily alongside guest, Anna discuss transit news in Vancouver, Edmonton, and Seattle plus how disability and transit intersect.
Anna Zivarts is a visually impaired parent and author of When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency (Island/Princeton University Press, 2024). She is also the founder and executive director of the Nondrivers Alliance, and earned undergraduate and master's degrees from Stanford University. Zivarts sits on the boards of the League of American Bicyclists and the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium, and serves as a member of TRB's Implications of Transportation Choices and Access on Public Health committee.
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More about Anna: https://annazivarts.com/
More about Emily: https://edmontontransitriders.org/
More from Dwell Time, a transit podcast
Sorry for the lateness of this episode. We decided to push this one out a few weeks extra since Denis is going to be busy with two elections a week apart in British Columbia taking up a majority of his time.
We're joined by Arden English, who is an undergraduate student studying planning at Simon Fraser University. He also produces educational videos on his YouTube channel "The Greater Discussions" covering topics around city planning and transportation within the context of British Columbia and has also been collaborating with the CBC Creator Network, bringing his YouTube style to a national audience.
Emily Stremel of Edmonton Transit Riders (ETR) joins us in how transit advocacy came to be in Alberta's capital city and the challenges and strengths the region has in making transit great for everyone. We also learn about her insights into the music scene in Toronto and Montréal.
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