World Car Free Day on September 22

Thank you, Betty, for letting us know about World Car Free Day on September 22 (today! sorry for the late notice). Here's some info from their site:

Every September 22, people from around the world get together in the streets, intersections, and neighbourhood blocks to remind the world that we don't have to accept our car-dominated society.

2007 should be no different.

But we do not want just one day of celebration and then a return to "normal" life. When people get out of their cars, they should stay out of their cars. It is up to us, it is up to our cities, and our governments to help create permanent change to benefit pedestrians, cyclists, and other people who do not drive cars.

Let World Carfree Day be a showcase for just how our cities might look like, feel like, and sound like without cars…365 days a year.

As the climate heats up, World Carfree Day is the perfect time to take the heat off the planet, and put it on city planners and politicians to give priority to cycling, walking and public transport, instead of to the automobile.

I like the tie-in to not returning to "normal" car-addicted life. Just last week, the Oregonian ran an article about families who are living car-free. Proves it can be done here in Stumptown...