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World Carfree Network in Prague celebrated WCD twice this year. First during Prague Bike Ride on September 20, organised by our network’s member organisation Auto*Mat. The bike ride was complemented by a street festival and was the biggest in Czech history (5,000 participants) with the longest route ever (13,5km). WCN and Carbusters were presented by [...]
For the third year in a row, IG Fahrrad organised a public event on one of the busiest roads in Vienna’s town centre. The “Ringstrasse” or “Ring” road encircles the Old Town with four lanes for cars and two tram-lines, while pedestrians and cyclists have to share a small alleyway. On WCD IG Fahrrad, along [...]
As Vietnam’s economy booms, motorised transport continues to grow, as does the poor air quality in cities. Facing this choking evolution, the Green Transport campaign was born to promote daily use of sustainable transportation in Hanoi. It started with a Green Transport Day in May 2008 which had nearly 3,600 participants. Building on this success, [...]
Munich’s first WCD in 2000 was organised by Green City who presented the Streetlife Festival, a big carfree street party on one of city’s main boulevards. The second Streetlife Festival took place in September this year and again received a huge attendance, with more than 150,000 visitors. People enjoyed live music, food and, most importantly, [...]
Curitiba had a fast paced, but carfree September. The Brazilian city started out on the right foot, with a Commuter’s Challenge. This year’s edition of the multimodal race included a helicopter and a car, but the bicycle once again came out the fastest, cheapest and cleanest. The Federal University hosted a week-long seminar for participants [...]
This year World Carfree Day (WCD) was a success in the Ukraine. More people on city streets found out about the carfree movement for the first time. The city of Irpin had its main street closed to cars and the main square was alive with music and informative speeches. Local officials were active in preparations. [...]
Over 100 citizens participated in a “cycle rally” organised by the Young Environmentalists on the first ever WCD in Mumbai, India. Over 300 other people came to join in the action with the flyers: Come Fight Climate Change. It was a roaring success. According to Elsie Gabriel, the founder of Young Environmentalists: “We are doing [...]
In recognition of WCD 2009, Kalapie, the Urban Cyclists Association of San Sebastián, as in previous years, offered snacks, bicycle bells, red lights and reflective bracelets on the bikeway during this warm September day to all urban cyclists. The objective was to promote cycling as a means of daily transport and reduce car use. There was [...]
Cyclists in Berkeley, US , were celebrating after the city council approved to help the expansion of a downtown bike park station. The anouncement coming at the end of last year, is a critical hurdle overcome for activists, who now have hopes set on a June deadline for the next set of project funding.
After a [...]
Obesity is a growing problem in the United Kingdom and worryingly it is spreading to a young generation. One third of 10 and 11-year-old children in Bournemouth and Poole, Southeast UK are either overweight or obese. Today the school run accounts for 20% of all cars on the road and obesity levels in the UK [...]
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