Originally Posted by
chewybrian
Is there a "car free day" along the lines of the Great American Smoke Out? A few people go the day without a smoke, and get the idea they could do without smokes. Maybe if a few people went without a car for a day, they'd see that life goes on without it. (I can remember a time when a day without a car seemed very stressful)
If there is such a day, it needs a better publicity man.
There is World Carfree Day every year. Two world regions do quite a bit to observe it--Southeast Asia and Northern Europe. Typically they encourage everybody not to drive on that day. Some cities close certain congested streets or districts to cars all together for 24 hours.
Here in Michigan (and I presume some other states), they have changed Bike to Work Week into
Smart Commute. This is two weeks when they encourage anything "anything that is not 'one person/one motorized vehicle'." Mainly it's a social media contest, between different sized workplace teams, to see which teams can rack up the most carfree (or car pool) trips. And now it lasts two weeks.