[sustran] Carfree Menu for Sustainability: Beijing / Park(ing) / London / Prague

[Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory]

First, the bitter appetizer:

The BBC's James Reynolds in Beijing says that cars are coming and going 
as normal, and most streets in Beijing are not adhering to No Car Day.

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7007893.stm>

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Next, the savoury main course (already introduced by Markus Heller 
earlier in the week to people on WCN list):

Conceived by REBAR, a San Francisco-based art collective, PARK(ing) Day 
is a one-day, global event centred in San Francisco where artists, 
activists and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform parking 
spots into "PARK(ing)" spaces: temporary public parks.

main page:
<http://parkingday.org>

here are some participant-generated Flickr pages about what happened on 
Friday:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfbike/sets/72157602112627733/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/parkingday/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/sets/72157602107303944/

 >From WCN member Time's Up:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/txup/sets/72157602110941213/


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Dessert:

Cyclists enjoy car ban in London

Traffic has been banned from several roads in central London for the day to make way for thousands of cyclists taking part in a mass bike ride.
More than 30,000 people will ride along a 14km (8.7 mile) car-free route past iconic landmarks in the city.

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7009034.stm>

<http://www.londonfreewheel.com/>

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Extra helping of dessert:

Finally, the Prague Critical Mass "Big Autumn Ride" reportedly had  about 1500 participants (including lots of children), plus five dogs, the biggest ever!


- T

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