What would you do if you didn’t have a personal automobile to get around Spokane? Would you need to get a different job? Shop at a different grocery store? Could you make it to school or church? Could you get your kids to daycare or school? How would you get to a show at the Spokane Comedy Club or to brunch at Frank’s Diner?
For many of us, we’re privileged enough to not have to worry about such concerns, but for the approximately 30% of Washington residents who do not drive, these are daily considerations they must make for every aspect of their lives outside of their homes.
There are numerous reasons why someone might be a nondriver, whether it’s due to age, disability, cost or merely because they do not want to drive. Yet, our transportation system is planned, funded and constructed by drivers, for drivers…