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@americawalks.bsky.socialPittsburgh Goes All-In on Week Without Driving By Celebrating New Bus Lanes 🚍️
🎉 Transit advocates and leaders in the Steel City gathered to celebrate #WeekWithoutDriving and one of the city's newest bus-only lanes!
🌟 Shout out to Pittsburghers for Public Transit!
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/Q37TKsO
@cplusc.bsky.socialReposted by @americawalks.bsky.socialThis #WeekWithoutDriving, read our research with @americawalks.bsky.social and the Nondrivers Alliance: climateandcommunity.org/research/dri...
@nondriver.bsky.socialReposted by @americawalks.bsky.socialAll over the country, transit agencies are amplifying the #WeekWithoutDriving challenge. Here are a few examples from our state. What's caught your attention?
Great blog from @communitytransit.bsky.social 👇
@americawalks.bsky.social#WeekWithoutDriving gains momentum!
Hundreds of elected leaders, organizations, and community advocates have pledged to walk, roll, bike, and ride transit to bring awareness to the gaps in our transportation system for nondrivers.
Are you on board? There’s still time! Sign up at buff.ly/GJvE4Uy
@americawalks.bsky.socialHow's your #WeekWithoutDriving going?
Now through Oct. 8, hop on Lime, where available, and use code WWD26 to get two 50% off rides!
@americawalks.bsky.socialThis sort of grassroots advocacy drives action and creates change—but it requires resources and support. So please consider donating to America Walks to support Week Without Driving’s visibility and impact!
✨️DONATE✨️➡️ buff.ly/sgiDwTv
@americawalks.bsky.socialAmerica Walks launched #WeekWithoutDriving to a national audience, and has cohosted it for the last four years, because of its power to educate elected officials, change minds, and create a new public narrative about how we design and build our communities.
@americawalks.bsky.socialThousands of people, hundreds of elected officials, and organizations in all 50 states are participating in Week Without Driving to build on a nationwide movement of communities working together to ensure transportation access for everyone.
@americawalks.bsky.social🌟 #WeekWithoutDriving is October 1–8! 🌟
30% of people in the U.S. are nondrivers, whether by necessity or choice. But all mobility isn’t created equal, especially in a country that prioritizes cars over those who walk, roll, bike, or use transit. 🧵⤵️
@americawalks.bsky.social#WeekWithoutDriving is October 1–8! Join us to experience moving like the 1 in 3 people in the U.S. who are nondrivers.
WWD challenges you to rely on riding the bus, walking, rolling, or asking for rides to understand what it takes to get where you need to go without driving.
@americawalks.bsky.socialLove to hear that!! Happy Week Without Driving!
@americawalks.bsky.socialWhether for a single trip or the entire week, we invite you to try to get where you need to go without driving to understand how we can do better for nondrivers!
Join us be signing up at buff.ly/IodVLX4 and share your experience using #WeekWithoutDriving.
@americawalks.bsky.socialThis year, 800+ community organizations, public officials, and transit agencies across the U.S., Canada, and Australia are planning walking, biking, and scooting events, transportation bingo, and bus ride-alongs to encourage participation in the Week Without Driving.
@americawalks.bsky.socialIt's almost our favorite time of the year... Week Without Driving! 👟👩🏾🦼🚲️🚌
With gas prices on the rise and our elected leaders more divided than ever over transportation, #WeekWithoutDriving challenges you to consider:
💭 What would your life be like if you didn’t drive?
@americawalks.bsky.social‼️ NEW BLOG: Hillsborough, NC's sixth annual Walk Fairview Day saw youth-led action to bring together their neighborhood and share their vision for a more connected, accessible, and joyful Fairview! 🎉
Read their recommendations and story: buff.ly/5jJtiMv
@americawalks.bsky.socialThis year's #WeekWithoutDriving is October 1–8, 2026!
Learn how you and your network can participate... ⤵️
Join the next national coalition meeting leading up to the Week TOMORROW (9/30) at 2:00 p.m. ET ➡️ buff.ly/4SjiO0O
And sign up for WWD ➡️ buff.ly/Ri2Mx5p
@americawalks.bsky.socialSpeed matters, particularly at intersections where vehicles and pedestrians interact. 👟🚸
📐But did you know that street CORNERS with smaller turning radii are much safer and encourage lower vehicle speeds? ➡️ buff.ly/Ab99dqN
@americawalks.bsky.social🌟👟🚲 NEW BLOG: Spartanburg, South Carolina's community is showing up to build a safer, more walkable East Main Street!
2025 #WalkingCollege fellow + founder of The Walking Spartan Liv Hawkins takes us through the process + how the community showed up to demand more ➡️ buff.ly/GsGoYt5
@americawalks.bsky.socialTODAY: Nearly 40,000 people were killed on America’s roads in 2024—including over 7,000 struck and killed while walking.
Join us + @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social for a webinar diving into the latest #DangerousByDesign report. #ActivePeople
🗓️ September 23
RSVP ➡️ buff.ly/qXqX41I
@americawalks.bsky.socialTOMORROW: Nearly 40,000 people were killed on America’s roads in 2024—including over 7,000 struck and killed while walking.
Join us + @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social for a webinar diving into the latest #DangerousByDesign report. #ActivePeople
🗓️ September 23
RSVP ➡️ buff.ly/qXqX41I
