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  • . 2002-06-10 A coalition of North East Councils in England (County Durham, Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Stockton, Hartlepool, North Yorkshire Newcastle and the Countryside agency) Have got together with Century FM to promote June 13th as Leg It Day.
  • . 2002-05-27 United Nations CFD team welcomes the city of Bilbao and its regional planning team to prepare and present the world's first completely virtual Car Free Day.
  • . 2002-03-19 The City of Fremantle, West Australia, joins UNCFD in organizing the second UN 2002 Car Free Day and Regional Practicum, which will take place from 8-10 May with invited mayors and their representatives from cities across the Asia/Pacific region.
  • . 2002-02-21 Mayors from the Latin American region along with city officials and transportation experts, met in Bogotá from 5-8 Februrary as part of the UN Car Free Days 2002 series to discuss obstacles to development and implementation of creative measures to achieve sustainable development in the transport sector.



    International Car/Free Day Links
  • International/ Regional Car/Free Day Programs Since the first Car Free Day call of October 1994 in Toledo Spain during the Spanish Accessible Cities Conference and the initial C/FD support program of The Commons that followed directly, this movement has gained considerable force.
  • . (If we are missing any or if you have additional information, corrections or links for any of the following, we will be pleased to hear from you.) 1994: World Car/Free Days Consortium The WC/FD Collaborative offers information, discussion space and a wide open independent forum for ideas, exchange and collaboration for people and groups who care about sustainable transport and aren't afraid to work at it.
  • . We are firm believers that the right way to organize a car/free day is the one you think best.
  • . (And we have!) 2000: European Carfree Day - "In town without my car!" The "In town without my car!" event, organized for the first time in France in 1998, was established as a European initiative by the European Commissioner for Environment Margot Wallström in the year 2000.



    Bogotá Car Free Day Guestbook
  • Bogotá Car Free Day International Guestbook Messages of congratulations and support have thus far come in from .
  • . But suppose that the team in Bogotá is able to make a crack in the wall of indifference and indolence with their Car Free Day.
  • . Do that, dear friends, and you will have done something concrete today for a more sustainable and more just world.
  • . The attempt in one of the most important cities of the Western hemisphere to have a car-free day has to be applauded.
  • . Ernst von Weizsaecker President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Member of the Federal Parliament United Nations, New York (2) "I understand that the City of Bogotá wishes to demonstrate its concern about urban environmental pollution by organizing a "Car Free Day" on 24 February 2000.
  • . Indeed, I would like to support the view that the "Car Free Day" in Bogotá becomes a symbolic first step towards an environmentally friendly approach towards urban development throughout cities in the developing world.



    Nine Cities Join for First National Car Free Day, with United Nations Support
  • | ENV/DEV/618 PI/1403 5 February 2002 NINE CITIES JOIN FOR FIRST NATIONAL CAR FREE DAY, WITH UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT NEW YORK, 4 February (UN Headquarters) -- Over 14 million Colombians in nine cities will get where they are going without their automobiles on Thursday, 7 February, as Colombia holds its first national Car Free Day, with logistical support from the United Nations.
  • . Instead of a regular weekday marked by the usual traffic jams and smog, the heavy vehicular traffic on the streets of the capital Bogotá, and other cities, will yield to people as they go about their business.
  • . It is only for one day this year, but it will give Colombians, and leaders in the rest of the world, a glimpse of how the city of the future might look.
  • . In an effort to spread the momentum created by the Bogotá Car Free Day, and as part of its ‘ground level’ preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) is working with the Colombian Ministry of Environment to support the cities holding car free days.

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  • Carbusters Magazine Proposal for a World Car-Free Days Programme The following proposal was drafted by participants of the Towards Car-Free Cities III conference (Prague, March 2003) and delivered in person to the European Union and the United Nations in the days following the conference.
  • . We, the participants of the Towards Car-Free Cities III Conference, representing over twenty countries and fifty organisations from across Eastern and Western Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, hereby propose the creation of a World Car-Free Days Programme.
  • . As the network which initiated the first worldwide car-free day in 2000, we would now like to unite the many car-free day stakeholders and partners in a common coordinated programme, drawing upon the best practices and approaches of Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere in the world.
  • . Of course, with this proposal goes the recognition that a car-free day should not be an occasion to criticise those who choose to drive, but should instead present a positive approach to encourage motorists to experiment with leaving their cars at home.


    Car-Free Seattle: Overturning Auto-cracy (August 14, 2002)
  • Volume 6, #26 August 14, 2002 POLITICS WITH BITE! Car-Free Seattle: Overturning Auto-cracy Car-Free Seattle: Overturning Auto-cracy by Sarah Kavage The first Car-Free Day in USA happens again on Saturday August 24, 2002.
  • . Car-Free Days have become widespread across much of the globe in the past five years as a way to address growing concerns about the impacts of cars on the environment, global warming, and the health, safety and peace of mind of city residents.
  • . In 2001, over 1500 cities and towns in over 50 countries in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America held Car-Free Days.
  • . This year, Europe's internationally coordinated car-free day will be held on September 22.
  • . The purpose of a Car-Free Day is universal: to reclaim streets for people, educate people about public and nonmotorized transportation, and inspire them to change their behavior.
  • . Car-Free days in North America have been much smaller, both in number and in scope, than those elsewhere in the world, reflecting the extreme end of an auto-dominant culture.


    Car Free Day | Motivation
  • | About Car Free Day International Car Free Day is an annual event celebrated by 100 million people on every continent and supported by the European Union, the United Nations, the Government of Canada and the leaders of 1500 cities around the world.
  • . Car Free Day street events and forums highlight the many problems caused by our dependence on the private automobile, including air pollution, global warming, stress, and safety issues.
  • . Presenting our urban centres in a different light for one day by restricting motorised traffic in certain areas, encouraging the use of sustainable modes of transport and raising awareness for the environmental impacts of citizens' modal choice, are the key types of actions implemented by the local authorities.
  • . Car Free Day in Bogota - A Model of Success Since 2000, Bogota Colombia has held April Car Free Days in which the entire city of 7-million people is closed to private automobiles.
  • . Car Free Days have been used to promote and develop the city's bike and bus network and build consensus around the desirability of travel without the private automobile.


    Car Free Day | Links
  • | Car Free Day related links The Car Free Day Toronto web-site would not be here but for the diligent work of organizations around the world.
  • . While we cannot acknowledge all of their efforts, we present a short list of outstanding Car Free Day advocates from around the world International International Car Free Day web-site - European Mobility Week - The Commons, Ecoplan and World Car Free Day site - United Nations Car Free Day website - Car Free Times - Carbusters Magazine - Great Britain Car Free Day web-site - Shed Your Car Day 2002 - Shed Your Car Day - Fremantle - Local Detour Publications - Moving the Economy - Community Bicycle Network - Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists - Autoshare - Detour Publications: Non-profit on-line bookstore providing close to 200 sustainable transportation books and multi-media resources.

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    Carfree Seattle
  • . Do you really need to own a car? - Feet First (pedestrian advocacy group) - International Bicycle Fund - Go byBicycle - Bike advocacy in Portland features some printable downloads United Nations Car Free Days Program - Ted White, filmmaker - Seminal bike advocacy films include "Return of the Scorcher" and "We Are Traffic" Car-Free Days Around the World International European Car-Free Day 2002 - Athens, Greece Bogota, Columbia Community Action Gas Boycott for Peace Car-free News Portal (in development) Seattle Strategic Planning Office - Car Smart Communities Program: Car Smart Communities encourages neighborhood projects which will help us use our cars less often for errands and other personal and family trips.
  • . Car Free Seattle - World Car Free Day 2000 - Great ideas from last year's event.
  • . (This year's World Car Free Day is September 20.) LESS TRAFFIC! - Street reclamation in a suitcase! Brilliant! Portland Intersection Repair - An example of street painting which Car-free Fremont hopes to replicate in Seattle.There's more to intersections than waiting for the light to change.


    Car Free Days: Information From Answers.com
  • On this page: Car Free Days Car Free Days A Car Free Day is an event organized in different places in different ways, but with the common goal of taking a fair number of cars off the streets of a city or some target area or neighborhood for all or part of a day, in order to give the people who live and work there a chance to consider how their city might look and work with a lot fewer cars.
  • . Within two years the first Days were organized in (Iceland), Bath (UK) and La Rochelle (France), and the informal was organized in 1995 to supported Car Free Days world wide.
  • . In the same year the Commission enlarged the program to a full which now is the major focus of the Commission, with the Car Free Day part of a greater whole.
  • . By some counts by advocates (disputed), more than a thousand cities world-wide organized “Days†during 2005.
  • . How it works The original Car Free Day proposal set out a challenge for a city, neighborhood or group: • To spend one carefully prepared day without cars.


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  • Username: Password: Good News Archived Articles Species on the Brink Resources at Risk Good News Get Outdoors Millions Go Car Free for Earth Day WASHINGTON, DC, April 19, 2002 (ENS) - It's Earth Day once again - the 32nd annual celebration of Planet Earth.
  • . Car-Free Day in Kathmandu, Nepal (Photo courtesy Earth Day Network) Earth Day Network organizers say that millions of people in cities across the world will abandon their cars for Earth Day, April 22.
  • . Earth Day Network partnering with The Commons and the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development for its Car-Free Day program.
  • . "Shortsighted, unwise choices are being made every day that lock segments of mankind into yesterday's energy sources for decades into the future - to our own detriment, " said Denis Hayes, national coordinator of the first Earth Day and chair of Earth Day Network.
  • . "It is just this short-sightedness that we are trying to overcome with Earth Day by initiating a long term process of change in our transportation choices, making use of cleaner, more sustainable types of energy, " Hayes said.

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    ST E-Update 16, April 2005
  • . The city celebrated its first Car Free Day on December 19, allowing 600 people to enjoy the waterfront drive Corniche Ouest without car traffic.
  • . “We're committed to making Dakar a safe and pleasant place for people to enjoy their city with events like the Car-Free Day, ” said Hon.
  • . “For this day, families, friends and communities could gather together without the sights, smells and dangers of car traffic, ” said Colonel Mbareck Diop, Senegal ITDP Country Director.


    liftshare - National liftshare Day - June 14th
  • . 22 JUNE 2006 National lift share Day: June 14th 2006 ‘Make the most of it’ There are over 38 million empty seats on the UK’s roads every day.
  • . Why not ‘make the most of it’ by sharing lifts? National lift share Day will be taking place as usual this year on 14th June 2006.
  • . The aim of the day is to cut CO2 emissions and congestion by 20% by raising the average car occupancy from 1.6 to 2 people on 14th June.
  • . Why not make 14th June the day you try car sharing? " We welcome initiatives such as National liftshare Day as they raise awareness of the benefits that car sharing can bring to individuals, both in reducing congestion and harmful emissions as well as saving people money ." Tony McNulty, Minister of state, transport (2004 - 2005) Find out more about how YOU can get involved in National lift share Day 2006: How Individuals Can Get Involved and find someone with whom to share your journey.
  • . How Clients Can Get Involved National lift share Day is the perfect opportunity to promote your car sharing scheme, either internally to staff and colleagues, or externally to the general public.


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  • . But slowing down traffic on local streets on a Sunday is not my idea of a car free day.
  • . Looking out over the Gardiner Expressway, it's a laugh to even consider this Car Reduced Day.
  • . Bumper to bumper (even on a Sunday afternoon) as usual.
  • . Car Free Day has to start outside the city.


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  • . Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Disney, 1939: No woman animators allowed In 1939, the Disney Animation Studios sent this form letter to animator Lillian Friedman, who'd worked for five years at Fletcher studios, turning down her job application, noting, "Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as that work is performed entirely by young men.
  • . First, their prices on organic products are pretty good--comparable to my local very large food coop, Puget Consumers Coop (PCC) on their regular days.
  • . (PCC offers two days a month with 5% off and a monthly 10%-one-shopping-trip coupon.) For people who live in places that don't stock organic products, this is probably a godsend because they can get competitive big city prices without driving 50 to 500 miles.
  • . My wife and I pay $79 a year total (not per person) to get two-day free shipping on most Amazon-stocked products.
  • . Third, our toddler goes through a fairly small number of diapers these days, but as he gets bigger, they get more expensive.

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