With Gas Prices on the Rise, Week Without Driving Challenges You to Consider What Would Your Life Be Like if You Didn’t Drive?
October 1-8, 2026 — Imagine your life without driving. Could you navigate your daily routines, reach your workplace, doctor’s office, or connect with loved ones?
This year, more than 800 community organizations, public officials and transit agencies across the US, Canada and Australia are planning walking, biking and scooting events, transportation bingo and bus ride-alongs to encourage participation in the Week Without Driving.
Whether for a single trip, for a day or for the entire week, we invite you to try to get where you need to go, Week Without Driving challenges you to rely on riding the bus, walking, biking/scooting or asking for rides to understand what it takes to get where you need to go without driving.
Join us be signing up at weekwithoutdriving.org and by sharing your experience with the #WeekWithoutDriving hashtag.
Why Does Week Without Driving Matter?
For people who can grab their keys and go, transportation often isn’t a major concern. But for those of us who can’t drive or can’t afford to, transportation is something we think about daily. We care about accessibility because it can make the difference between getting to do the things that connect us to our communities, like running errands, seeing a friend, or getting to an appointment — or being stuck at home and isolated.
A third of people in the US are nondrivers like us, due to age, disability and the high cost of gas and car ownership. Yet most communities are built around the assumption that everyone drives. Week Without Driving challenges this narrative, highlighting the stories and experiences of nondrivers. We ask participants to ride the bus, walk, scoot, bike or ask for rides during the week to better understand the gaps that exist and why we need to invest to make our communities more accessible.
In 2021, author and disability advocate Anna Zivarts launched the Week Without Driving to increase the visibility of nondrivers. Now in its sixth year, Week Without Driving has grown to include more than 800 hundred cohosting organizations across all fifty US states, Canada and Australia. Week Without Driving is co-hosted by Nondrivers Alliance and America Walks.
Media inquiries? Contact us.
Support for Week Without Driving
Week Without Driving wouldn’t be possible without our allies and partners. Amazon, a strong advocate of public transportation throughout the Puget Sound region, has supported Week Without Driving for five years with funding that has allowed the initiative to develop and grow. We’re also grateful to ongoing support from the Seattle Foundation and TransitCenter, and to our 2026 Week Without Driving sponsors: King County Metro, Veo, Hopelink, Alstom, Arcadis, Transportation Choices Coalition, Transit.app and Washington State Department of Transportation.
