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carfree day in Brussels
The first carfree days were in 1973/74 during the oil crisis. Now, as many as 1000 cities around the world host carfree days in an effort to promote more CO2-friendly ways of transport. We biked to downtown Brussels (Montgomery Square, where this photo was taken) on Sept. 17th and it was nice not to compete with auto traffic for a change (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/news/efe/14/article_262_en.htm). You do still have to take caution as cyclists did not always heed traffic rules or use common sense. Unfortunately we witnessed a very bad bicycle accident, and the poor girl involved had to be whizzed off in an ambulance. I was hawking over my kids after seeing that! Overall it was a great experience and it made me realize I'd like cities a lot more if it weren't for the cars.
The first carfree days were in 1973/74 during the oil crisis. Now, as many as 1000 cities around the world host carfree days in an effort to promote more CO2-friendly ways of transport. We biked to downtown Brussels (Montgomery Square, where this photo was taken) on Sept. 17th and it was nice not to compete with auto traffic for a change (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/news/efe/14/article_262_en.htm). You do still have to take caution as cyclists did not always heed traffic rules or use common sense. Unfortunately we witnessed a very bad bicycle accident, and the poor girl involved had to be whizzed off in an ambulance. I was hawking over my kids after seeing that! Overall it was a great experience and it made me realize I'd like cities a lot more if it weren't for the cars.
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