World Breathes Easier, It's Car-Free Day
LONDON, UK, September 22, 2004 (ENS) – Drivers across Europe left their cars at home today and headed to work by tube, bicycle or on foot. The ninth annual Car Free Day in Europe is proving to be popular, with 1,146 cities participating and 235 additional cities supporting the campaign. This year, the initiative has spread far beyond Europe. City residents in Japan and Argentina, Taiwan and Canada are leaving their cars behind today and using another method of transportation. In England, the Car Free Day is being supported by a number of local authorities, who are closing roads and putting on street parties. "It is great to see local initiatives taking place across the city to mark Car Free day," said London Euro-MP Jean Lambert. "But one Car Free day is not enough." Lambert, Green Party MEP for the capital and a Walthamstow resident, made her comments at a Car Free Festival in Leyton on Saturday which was organized by Waltham Forest Borough Council as the borough's contribution to the initiative. "Across Europe people are rediscovering their towns and cities, their neighbors and their heritage – and reducing congestion, pollution and accidents – thanks to the In Town Without […]