Take the Heat Off

Release Date: Monday, September 22nd 2008

Park the car. Ride the bus. Catch the train. Walk. Bike. Run. Whatever you do on September 22, International Car Free Day, omit the automobile, or go “car lite” – by carpooling or vanpooling. Consider it your gift to the planet. This year thousands of metropolitan Washington area residents will promote alternatives to car dependence and reduce their carbon footprint and environmental impacts on Car Free Day, first observed in DC last year. Also join in the Car Free Day Street Celebration, replete with live music, free bike tune-ups and T-shirts and SmartBike test rides, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at 7th and F Streets NW. To take the Car Free Challenge and make your pledge for Car Free Day 2008, visit www.carfreemetrodc.com.