WHEN DRIVING IS NOT AN OPTION

STEERING AWAY FROM CAR DEPENDENCY

In Anna Zivarts' 176-page book, When Driving is Not an Option, she points out that many states have concurrency requirements that require developers to build more car capacity.

But she thinks multimodal capacity, with an emphasis on transit and pedestrian mobility, would be a better, more inclusive approach.

Strong pedestrian and transit networks can support denser, transit oriented development that can include housing that is attainable, she writes.

"Make no mistake, I want an outcome of slower traffic. I want it to become less desirable, less convenient to drive places," Zivarts says.

When that happens, she adds, two good things will occur: a critical mass will demand great transit and pedestrian mobility and there will be enough users to create demand for that premium transit.