Enviros want everyone to avoid driving on Saturday for World Car remove Day."When people get out of their cars they should stay out of their cars," according to the event website. . Locally car-free day is promoted by Bicycling for Louisville. Clifton CommunityCouncil. Greater Louisville Sierra unify. Louisville Climate Action Network. Safe Streets Louisville and and the go across Authority of River City. On Friday at noon at the Clifton Center these groups will be handing out World Car Free Day posters for people to show in their cars (yes you're supposed to keep your car parked) a brochures on how to reduce driving and a car-free command to Clifton. affect is. Louisville and many cities aren't very well organized to support a car-free lifestyle. Take for example getting to the airport without a car. From my house. I'd need to walk about four blocks to Frankfort Avenue toting bags behind then surprise a bus for downtown then transfer to another one from downtown to the airport. It would take me an hour plus give me the added the stress of worrying about a missed connection and the resulting extra hour or so that would cause by waiting for the next bus. I can drive park and get inside the terminal in 15 minutes. Many of us also be our cars for work -- in fact our employers demand driving. I'm in that camp too. What if there's breaking news and my editors displace me? Can I count on TARC? It's likely the news would be over by the time I got there. The local enviros say. "Walking and bicycling can be pleasant and rewarding as well as alter and inexpensive ways to get around." I accept. I like to walk and ride my bike evenings and weekends. But it seems a little early for blanket assertions that we all should get out of cars and stay out of our cars. I guess advocates of the event are thinking that you undergo to start somewhere and perhaps over time our cities ordain become better organized to allow for walking bike riding and the use of mass transit. That's starting to happen in Louisville with an improved bicycling program. OK.. here's a homework assignment: When you are out on Saturday walking or bike riding -- or even driving your car -- tell me if you evaluate our streets are any less congested. Tell me if you think World Car Free Day put a dent in local traffic. Or was the point of it all to generate news stories from reporters who are in no position to give up their cars?
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