STEERING AWAY FROM CAR DEPENDENCY
Tanisha Sepúlveda is a program coordinator at Empower Movement WA, a collective that advocates for disability justice, transportation equity, and community access.
A power wheelchair user who lives in Seattle, she often
relies on bus and light rail.
The sidewalks near her apartment and the closest bus stop
have sections heaved up by tree roots, filled with loose gravel, and lacking
curb ramp.
So, she rolls in the street.
"I'll have people yell at me and tell me to get out
of the road, sometimes with profanity," Sepúlveda says in the book When
Driving is Not an Option.
"I understand it does not look safe to them, and it
is not safe, but it is even less safe for me to be on the sidewalks."
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