[sustran] Re: Brainpower needed

[Rajendra Aryal]

Dear all,

Since it is a concern for many people why not also attract the environmentalists
here as a joint-effort. That means, why not say a "Air and Noise Pollution Free
Day"?

Bets regards.

Rajendra Aryal

Murray Matson wrote:

> "Death to the Car Day?"
>
> At 05:28  02-03-00 +0100, you wrote:
> >Dear Friends,
> >
> >We are trying hard to arrange some high profile, successful follow-ups to
> >last week's impressive Bogotá  Car Free Day experience, including in North
> >America.  This note concerns a specific problem we face if we are ever going
> >to make some near term inroads there.  Here's the problem that we need your
> >help with.
> >
> >For a variety of reasons, we need to find a new name for any such
> >demonstration projects there. If we are so bald as to call it a "Car Free"
> >Day in the States, we know in advance that we are going to have a lot more
> >enemies and resistance than friends and support. But we want to take
> >advantage of our momentum and do something there now, and so... we need to
> >find a new name for our event.
> >
> >We do know what we want: (a) to get 'all' the cars out of the traffic stream
> >for one thoughtful day, while (b) encouraging a multiplicity of innovations
> >and careful, open, public inspection by any and all over that same period.
> >
> >One suggestion I pondered momentarily was that of a "Clean Transport Day",
> >to which my reaction was (predictably?) less than tepid and for reasons that
> >I am confident the members of this group will well understand.
> >
> >Of course something like "Sustainable Transport Day" might be an idea, but
> >who in the world knows what "sustainable" means?
> >
> >So, not to put too fine a point to this... HELP!!!
> >
> >Eric Britton
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