[sustran] Re: dates for world car free day

[J.H. Crawford]

>The proposal for late September sounds great for
>Sydney in any other year than 2000. This year,
>however, the Olympics are on around that time, and
>with the huge amounts of tourists expected in and
>around the city, it may well be that the car free day
>would not be feasible.

Actually, Los Angeles was made largely carfree during
its Olympics--that was seen to be the only way to
hanlde the situation. Also, the Sydney Olympics has
a large green thrust (even if it's mostly fictive).
So why not?

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