Undriver #4,267: “My e-bike is my Excuse Eliminator”

Undriver BOB EDMISTON commutes to work on a bike, clad in his business clothes, without sweating. How does he accomplish this seemingly impossible feat? Read on… By Amelia von Wolffersdorff Last summer at the Redmond Eco-fair, Bob got licensed to Undrive and pledged to eliminate driving trips by increasing the use of alternatives such as [...]

Undriver #6,132: Debra Alderman, Bus Rider+

For Debra Alderman, the bus is more than transportation.  Read on! “Since I’m not simply an Undriver, but also a life-long learner, I’m pleased to say that my bus-riding time is spent in ways that boost my brain power and also encourage some good thinking and planning. I can be found on the Metro route [...]

Undrivers #2,542-2,546: The Biking Spivaks

The Spivak Family got licensed last year at ArtsWalk in Olympia, with Intercity Transit.  A great Undriving moment for me:  Watching 12-year-old “Z” help his youngest brother Milo come up with his pledge.  (That’s the future of Undriving, I thought to myself!)  Read on about the Biking Spivaks: “Our family tries to ride bikes whenever [...]

Stories: Undriving Seattle Children’s

In April 2011, we licensed 331 Undrivers at Seattle Children’s.  Here are some of their stories: Pledge: Bike or walk to work at least 3 days per week instead of taking the bus. “I switched from 100% bus commutes to 67% walking and biking. Eventually this will save Children’s on my ORCA card costs, and [...]

Undriver #5,489: Debby Anger, “Businator”

Can the bus do more than get us from Point A to Point B?  You bet!  Undriver Debby Anger shares her “Businating” adventures in community-building on the bus. “I’ve been an Undriver since I was born,” says Debby Anger.  She’s never had a driver license, and doesn’t like to drive.  “I was raised in San [...]

Lab Notes from Undriving Experiments

How’s it going with Undriving? Remember, your pledge is an experiment – to try reducing your car use, or doing something to reduce car use on the planet – and see what happens.  As with any experiment, we don’t know the outcome ahead of time.  It might lead to a new transportation pattern, and/or we [...]

Undriver #1,521: Michael Snyder, Car-free Bicyclist

For Undriver Michael Snyder, getting on a bicycle six years ago proved to be the path to weight loss and car-free living.  Now he’s on the Cascade Bicycle Club board and leads rides for reluctant cyclists, among many other things “bike.”  May is Bike to Work Month – how about it? I probably started Undriving [...]

Undriver #5,283: Michael A. Smith: Urban Hiker

When Michael Smith first moved to Seattle in 2008, he’d go hiking in the Cascades.  “I got tired of driving an hour each way to enjoy a hike,” he said.  “Seattle’s got plenty of hills,” he reasoned.  Why not hike there, and get to know his new city while skipping all that stressful car travel? [...]

Undriver #1,376: Charlie Faddis: Undriving™ by iPhone

I first met Bainbridge Island-based engineer/inventor/musician Charlie Faddis on the bus a couple years back.  “Y’know,” he said, “I just haven’t needed my car much since I got this iPhone.”  “Tell me more,” I said – and he did.  -Julia Field In 2009, while my youngest son was doing his second tour in Iraq, I [...]

Bruce Cronquist: Kayak Commute, “Because I can”

Undriver #4,825: Bruce Cronquist Bruce got his Undriver License™ at the City of Redmond’s Eco-Fair this July, where he pledged to “Bug co-workers to bike more, use the connector bus, and try kayaking to work.”  So far he’s helped convert at least one co-worker into a regular bike commuter, and last month he did his [...]

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