Transportation shapes every part of life. Week Without Driving shines a light on that reality and invites everyone to experience, reflect, and share what life is like without driving. It’s a chance to understand daily life for the millions of people who cannot drive due to age, disability, income, or other barriers. It’s an opportunity to tell your story and help reimagine what transportation options could look like in your community.
Some ideas to get started:
- Use walking/rolling, transit, biking, rideshare, or carpool instead of driving.
- Reflect on how your week went, here are some questions you can start thinking about:
- How did I feel when I tried to not drive?
- What changes did I experience?
- How much time did it take to get where I needed to go?
- What activities became harder or impossible to do?
- Did I notice a change financially?
- Did navigating different forms of transportation affect my mood, health, focus, etc.?
- If I had the power to change things, what is the first thing I would change?
- Journal, post, take pictures of your experience/reflections.
What if I want to organize other people to particiapte?
- Collect and amplify stories from community members who want to share their experiences.
- Support community members in navigating their Week Without Driving.
- Connect why Week Without Driving is important to your community and your work.
- Host and coordinate events.
- Connect with local media to amplify Week Without Driving.
- Ask elected officials to participate.
- Partner with other organizations, groups and/or agencies.
- Recruit community members to share their experiences.
How I get my workplace to join?
- Publish a short reflection about what you learned, internally and/or externally.
- Schedule a walk/roll and/or bus ride-along to lunch with your coworkers.
- Participate or sponsor Week Without Driving events.
How do I participate as an elected official?
- Meet with your nondrivering constituents.
- Join community events.
- Reflect on your time, safety, access, schedule, and what barriers you faced in on social media, website, newsletter, etc.
How can my company promote Week Without Driving?
- Provide small incentives, giveaways, or raffles for customers who participate.
- Share information through storefront signage, email, or social media.
- Support or hosting small, local events that drive community engagement.
- Share member spotlights or short quotes from participating customers.
- Partner with other local organizations to sponsor events.
Need more ideas? We have resources to support you. Browse toolkits, guides, graphics, flyers, templates, and more on our resource page.