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Car-free days. On car-free days, people are encouraged to travel by means other than cars. Some cities, like Jakarta and Tehran, have weekly car-free days. [1] Other such days are annual. World Car Free Day is celebrated on September 22. Organized events are held in some cities and countries.
The car-free movement is a social movement centering the belief that large and/or high-speed motorized vehicles (cars, trucks, tractor units, motorcycles, etc.) [ 1] are too dominant in modern life, particularly in urban areas such as cities and suburbs. It is a broad, informal, emergent network of individuals and organizations, including ...
Car Free Day Vancouver is a community-based, volunteer-run event in Vancouver, British Columbia, which closes busy streets to car traffic and sets up day-long community festivals to promote active transportation, sustainability, and public spaces. It is similar to other Car-Free Days held around the world.
A carfree city is an urban area absent of motor vehicles. [1][2][3] Carfree cities rely on public transport, walking, and cycling for travel, as opposed to motor vehicles. Districts where motor vehicles are prohibited are referred to as carfree zones. Carfree city models have gained traction in the second half of the 20th century due to issues ...
But that freedom ain't free, according to AAA. It estimates that the average cost of owning a car is between $8,307 and $11,054 a year, depending on how much you drive.
Hoy No Circula (literally in Spanish: "today [your car] does not circulate", known as No-drive days) is the name of an environmental program intended to improve the air quality of Mexico City. A similar coordinated program operates within the State of México, which surrounds Mexico City on three sides. Mexico City and Mexico State have ...
Car-Free Day Festival on The Drive, June 2008. Commercial Drive is a roadway in the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, that extends from Powell Street at its northern extremity, near the waterfront, south through the heart of the Grandview–Woodland neighbourhood to the Victoria Diversion near Trout Lake. The neighbourhood is so ...
Zero Emissions Day [138] 09-21: September 21 Car Free Day: 09-22: September 22 World Rhino Day [139] 09-22: September 22 Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day) 09-23: September 23 in 2008, but receding World Gorilla Day [140] [141] [142] 09-24: September 24 World Environmental Health Day [143] 09-26: September 26 since 2011 [144]