First Look at Non-Drivers in Dane County

Figure 1: Proportion of Population Of All Ages Non-Driver in Dane County by Town, Village or City - April 2024 Source: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/afd5879501f344039f2c2482e959cdf5/page/Page/ on 5/9/2025 It may come as a surprise to some that even with a rather restrictive definition, between 30 and 40 percent of Dane County's population is non-driver according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Non-drivers are restricted to those who do not have a registered car or driver license. They tend to be youths, aging adults, low-income individuals, disabled people or people who just prefer not to drive themselves. They also live throughout Dane County. Someone who mainly uses a non-car travel mode such as a bicycle but still drives a motor vehicle on occasion may be an ally but is not a non-driver according to this definition. In contrast, someone who rides everywhere in a car but is always driven by someone else is a non-driver. This is a short geograph...