Things to Do at Car Free Day Tomorrow

Decatur Active Living will be celebrating Car Free Day in Decatur tomorrow during the Blue Sky Concert on the Square from noon until 1 pm. Walk or bike to the Concert and we will award you with a special sticker or a tattoo. We will also have information on walking and biking and a few other little surprises!

Decatur Police will be joining us and giving Decaturites the opportunity to register their bikes. Why register your  bike? In the event that your bike is lost or stolen, it can be easily identified once it is recovered and you shall have it returned to you. Sounds good, yes?

The Claen Air Campaign's Smog Balloon

The Clean Air Campaign is bringing their “smog balloon” that shows how much exhaust is saved when you use your feet or bike instead of your car for both short and long trips. Click here if you would like to see how Parisians have used a balloon to tell their citizens if they are breathing smog!

Listen to music by Von Grey!

Now, who can work on the weather for us?

September 21 is Car Free Day in Decatur

Wednesday, September 21 is Car-Free Day in Decatur and the community is invited to gather at the Community Bandstand during the Blue Sky Concert for a special celebration from noon until 1 PM. Decatur Active Living will be giving out special Car-Free Day stickers and tattoos to those who walk, bike or carpool to the concert.

How can you participate in Car-Free Day? Make a commitment to reduce your automobile use on September 21. That might mean biking or riding MARTA to work, walking to the store or the Blue Sky Concert, sharing a ride with friends and neighbors, or riding the bus.

 Car-Free Day aims to reduce excessive automobile use for one day out of the year and to remind the community that the care is not the only or bet way to make many kinds of trips. Most trips people take are less than three miles. Walking not only saves gas, but it contributes to your health and the health of the community. Walk There Decatur!!

September 22 is Car Free Day

Makes plans now to celebrate Car Free Day with Decatur Active Living. We will be at the Blue Sky Concert on the Square on Wednesday, September 22 from noon until 1 pm handing out special stickers to those who walk or bike to the square. Joining us will be the Clean Air Campaign and members of the Environmental Sustainability Board. Make plans now to leave your car at home for this day, and celebrate CarFree Day!

Here are some ideas to help you to practice Car Free Days more often:

• Don’t use your car for one day a week, a month, or as often as you can.
• Work at home one day per week.
• Consciously plan your trips for errands such as the grocery store or shipping.  Try to reduce your trips by at least 50%.  Combine trips.  Assess the need for a trips (s) to see if you really need to go.
• Buy a Hybrid.
• Change your car over to bio-fuel or buy an alternative fuel car.
• Use alternative transportation.
• Ride a bike or walk.
• Carpool with a neighbor or co-worker. 
• Keep your car in tune and tires inflated properly.

 For more information on World CarFree Day, click here.