Happy Car Free Day! Each year on Sept 22, International Car Free Day is celebrated by over 100 million people in about 1,500 cities around the world.

Car Free Day street events and forums highlight the many problems caused by our dependence on the private automobile, including air pollution, global warming, stress, and safety issues.

It emphasizes the rights of pedestrians and cyclists, the need for more and better public transit, and helps people rediscover their local community, outside the confines of their vehicle. It is a vital tool in the larger day-to-day, year-to-year process of reducing car dependence in cities. Benefits of these events include changing the way people think about transportation along with spotlighting existing transit opportunities and bike lanes.