Sep 22 '06 - 649 W, 2 I, 1 D - Vote Good + 5 :: Bad - 12 Happy Car-Free Day!!!
Published September 22, 2006 by C.I.C.L.E.
Listen to our Radio Spot promoting the Life Can Be So Car-Free event.
You may want to bring a Sweater or Jacket for Saturday.
Every year people all over the planet choose to celebrate World Car-Free Day
by participating in local Car-Free festivals, electing not to drive
their cars, and utilizing some other means of sustainable
transportation -- whether it be the bicycle, public transportation, or
one's own two feet. Although it will be a week later, this year Los
Angelinos will have the opportunity to celebrate World Car-Free Day by
enjoying an evening of fun both celebrating and demonstrating Car-Free
and Car-Lite transportation choices.
On Saturday September 30,
C.I.C.L.E. will be presenting our first ever Car-Free celebration
entitled ‘Life Can Be So Car-Free’ at the new Los Angeles State
Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles. The event schedule
is jam-packed with crazy-fun -- interpretive walks, bicycle
rides, live music by local car-free and car-lite bands Telematique and
Triple Chicken Foot, interactive exhibits featuring examples of
utilitarian forms of car-free transportation, and short film selections
by local cyclist and filmmaker Ashira Siegel.
Here in Los
Angeles, our choice in transportation defines much of our experience.
Long and congested commutes, sprawl, air and noise pollution, sedentary
lifestyle and its associated consequences, loss of connection to our
neighbors and communities; all are unintended consequences of
automobile dependence and have become the undesirable hallmarks of a
Los Angeles existence. It is clear that we need to actively seek out
other transportation options.
Promoting alternatives to the car
dependent lifestyle is a strategy that many cities around the world are
beginning to adopt in order to create more livable and sustainable
cities. Within the U.S., cities such as Portland and San
Francisco are quickly becoming the new models of urban sustainability.
These cities are choosing to focus on bicycling, walking, and public
transport as resurrected modes of urban mobility. C.I.C.L.E. believes
that if Los Angeles is to make this leap into a sustainable and more
livable city, we need to start incorporating these strategies.
While
Los Angeles presents specific challenges that can make a car-free or
car-lite existence seem difficult, most Los Angelinos can begin to take
an incremental approach -- making healthier transportation choices when
the appropriate and convenient opportunity arises. While a major
overhaul of our city's infrastructure and transportation systems is far
off, various transportation options/ solutions exist right now.
Incorporating walking and bicycling along with the use of public
transport into our lives, at least part of the time, is
surprisingly easy to accomplish and tremendously beneficial
for ourselves, and our community.
This Car-Free celebration
presents a unique opportunity for those seeking alternatives to a
car-dependent existence to meet with and learn from those already
actively living a car-free or car-lite lifestyle.
“We invite all
Los Angelinos to come out to the event to learn more about car-lite
lifestyles, to consider other possibilities, and perhaps ultimately
participate in making a healthier transportation choice."
Life
Can Be So Car-Free happens on Saturday September 30, 2006 from 5 PM to
10 PM at the new Los Angeles State Historic Park in downtown Los
Angeles. People are encouraged to bring a picnic and friends to enjoy
the sunset behind the L.A. skyline. For more information visit:
www.BikeNow.org or call 323-478-0060.
Download PDF black and white 4-up flyers 
Event page: http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=891#body
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next year you need to make printable flyers….. if you have them, i can’t find them
~maggie mccain
general manager
Center for Environmental & Urban Studies
Center_eus@yahoo.com
maggie (Email) - September 26 '06 - 11:57
Great suggestion! I’ve just added a pdf file for download at the end of the article.Thanks again…
Shay (Email) - September 26 '06 - 14:29