EVENTS

Car Free Day Celebration to be held on the lawn of Weaver Street Market from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Friday, September 22.

Celebrants will find information about public transportation, local biking and walking opportunities, and how to create communities that are less dependent on cars. The Village Project will show their designs and models for transit-oriented, walkable communities on the lawn, and Chapel Hill Transit will demonstrate how to load bikes and wheelchairs onto buses at the Fitch Lumber parking lot (309 North Greensboro St.).

Additional activities will take place at the Carrboro Music Festival the afternoon of Sunday, September 24. The ReCYCLEry will show their new Blue Urban Bikes and will have a free bike tuneup clinic in the parking lot of the The Clean Machine (104 West Main St.). Volunteers will also be on-hand at the downtown shuttle dropoff (Town Hall) to help Festivalgoers figure out how they can replace decrease car trips and increase walking, biking, carpooling, telecommmuting, and bus use.

Car Free Day 2006 is presented by The Village Project (a local non-profit that promotes walkable communities), Students United for a Responsible Global Environment (SURGE), and the ReCYCLEry. Additional event sponsors include the Community Action Network (CAN), Chapel Hill Herald, Chapel Hill News, Open Eye Café, Weaver Street Market, and Chapel Hill Restaurant Group.