« En ville, sans ma voiture ! » September 22
Don’t forget that this Friday is International Car Free Day! Montreal will be taking part for the 4th time along with 1,500 cities around the world. Streets downtown will be closed to traffic from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The downtown perimeter runs north-south from de Maisonneuve to Rene Levesque and east-west from St-Urbain to McGill College. Signs are up warning motorists as parking will also be prohibited within the perimeter. As well, Camilien-Houde road leading to Mount Royal will be closed. There are organized activities planned, a concert, and a contest to win free transit passes.
Personally, every day is Car Free Day for me since I don’t own one. But I wonder how many people will be griping and cursing on Friday. As I take the rush hour bus to work every morning, I am astounded by how many single passenger cars there are clogging the road.
For more information, check the site:
http://www.amt.qc.ca/comm/enville06/
Related posts:
On a related topic, when will the city add trains to the Deux Montagne-Centreville line? There are soo many people who take the train, that I would not be surprised if each train cart has surpassed its maximum capacity during peak periods. Standing in between carts has become very common although not safe.
For those who have driver licenses and who are car free on a daily routine……for environment sake, BRAVO! However, as a person who drives and who cannot drive at the moment, I got tell ya that when you have your own wheels you can go wherever you want whenver you want! And you can’t do that on BMW!
Peaches, if getting anywhere in the city isn’t possible by BMW, get a bike. It works for thousands of us every day.
J