Car Free Day, held annually on September 22, is an international and pan-European day, on which thousands of cities around the world close their centres to cars. Pedestrians, bicycles, public transit and other forms of sustainable transportation are encouraged on these days. Car Free Day has also expanded to Canada, and is celebrated in a growing number of Canadian cities, including Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. Currently over 100 million people in 1500 cities celebrate International Car Free Day.

Car Free Day began in France in 1998 and was established as a Europe-wide initiative by the European Commission in 2000.

See Also

• List of carfree places

External links

• Official EU web site
• Canadian Car Free Day website
• - World Car Free Day website from The Commons:

Some References to get you going

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCarfreeDays

http://www.worldcarfree.net

For more see:

http://www.ecoplan.org/carfreeday/general/international.htm

http://www.ecoplan.org/carfreeday/general/national.htm

http://www.carfree.com