Car Free Day

**jjmd3_787** · August 15th, 2009 05:17 PM

Car Free Day is an annual event organized in different places in different ways, but with the common goal of taking a fair number of cars off the streets of a city or some target area or neighborhood for all or part of a day, in order to give the people who live and work there a chance to consider how their city might look and work with a lot fewer cars. This year's event will take place on September 22. Many nations all over the world will participate.

If my memory serves me right, this Car Free Day was also proposed here in the Metro in the mid or late 1990's. But it never materialized. Sayang. It's our chance to help minimize our carbon footprint.

Kung ako ang tatanungin, sana may car free day tayo dito sa Metro once a month. Grabe na kasi ang air pollution + walang political will ang mga opisyal natin. A deadly combination.

**ghosthunter** · August 15th, 2009 05:30 PM

In Metro Manila, it would be a big leap forward if we can just have a Wang-Wang Free Day.

**ghosthunter** · August 15th, 2009 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by jjmd3_787

If my memory serves me right, this Car Free Day was also proposed here in the Metro in the mid or late 1990's. But it never materialized. Sayang. It's our chance to help minimize our carbon footprint.

Wishful thinking. Until the day that Metro Manila has an effective, efficient, secured, safe, unified public transport system, people will still prefer to drive their own cars.

**renzo_d10** · August 15th, 2009 05:43 PM

Sana nga it will happen. Kahit sa luzon for example this day. Then visayas will be on the next week then mindanao will be on the 3rd week of the month.

Pero how will the people follow or practice this campaign if the gov't officials themselves dont.

Just imagine, gma and his bodyguards are passing by roxas blvd by just using their bikes

:hysterical:

**ghosthunter** · August 15th, 2009 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by renzo_d10

Sana nga it will happen. Kahit sa luzon for example this day. Then visayas will be on the next week then mindanao will be on the 3rd week of the month.

Pero how will the people follow or practice this campaign if the gov't officials themselves dont.

Just imagine, gma and his bodyguards are passing by roxas blvd by just using their bikes

:hysterical:

If you can't imagine how you'll get to work without a car, how can you expect others to do the same thing?

**jjmd3_787** · August 15th, 2009 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by renzo_d10

Pero how will the people follow or practice this campaign if the gov't officials themselves dont.

Just imagine, gma and his bodyguards are passing by roxas blvd by just using their bikes

:hysterical:

President Lee Myung-bak of SOKOR is seen here in a file photo using his bicycle to office during the 2007 Car Free Day

Pero malabong mangyari yan dito. He he he.

**jjmd3_787** · August 15th, 2009 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

In Metro Manila, it would be a big leap forward if we can just have a Wang-Wang Free Day.

... or a "VIP convoy escorted with hagads" Free Day. Wish ko lang.

**s_quilicot** · August 16th, 2009 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by jjmd3_787

President Lee Myung-bak of SOKOR is seen here in a file photo using his bicycle to office during the 2007 Car Free Day

Pero malabong mangyari yan dito. He he he.

dapat yung kay GMA may balancer at mababa ang upuan. :bwahaha:

**OldSchoolHack** · August 16th, 2009 07:41 PM

Mahirap ata yung idea na to Go Green we seek political will. Madali kasi sabihin lang yun.

Imagine kung me topak na legislator or presidente na dahil sa pollution e biglang (note:topak. because people in their right mind will not do it) mag GO GREEN at ibawal;

All non-hydrid and non-electric cars. (wow rich people can buy those fancy hybrids. kaming mga poor mag bicycle at lakad na lang). A day, a week, a month is all but scale of time.

As for being car less e self discipline na lang yan. Kung Go Green ka talaga e di skip using your car once a week (or a month). Round up all other Go Green groupies and do the same.

Cars pollute the environment. No doubt about that. And even a critical move such as going bio-fuel is met with so much resistance (check ninyo yung threads....di ba ayaw ng marami ang humina ang hatak, as if nasa F1 racing sila?) how much more asking people not to use their cars.

It's not political will that we need. To blame politicians is to remove the blame of our own faults (who is in the driver seat? di ba tayo?) It is self-discipline.

**ghosthunter** · August 17th, 2009 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by OldSchoolHack

All non-hydrid and non-electric cars. (wow rich people can buy those fancy hybrids. kaming mga poor mag bicycle at lakad na lang). A day, a week, a month is all but scale of time.

Going green with cars doesn't have to equate to hybrid or electric cars. You can also go green by using alternative fuels like using either used cooking oil or home brew bio-diesel.