World Car Free Day
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On September 22, 1500 cities around the world will join in the effort to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide in transit. Anything goes: subway, bus, bicycle and even walking
Rio - On the 22nd of this month, more than 1,500 cities will join the World Car Free Day 2009 in full National Traffic Week (18 to September 25). The country has more than 50 million cars around and it is difficult to imagine that everyone in the garage. But the date is an opportunity to rethink the use of the passenger car as a means of travel within the overall effort. The event began in 1997 in France and won the world over the past 12 years, in order to serve as a warning to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, one of the six most powerful greenhouse gases.
The World Car Free Day helps the citizen to think about alternatives to private transport. After all, a car running on gasoline, with 1.0 engine, consumes 71.43 liters per thousand kilometers. This raises the issue of 170 Kg of CO2. The expectation is that with the accession government officials, population pressure and help is also encouraged to take public transport and clean vehicles, preferably collectively. For the journalist Carolina Tavares, 22, who does not drive, the Rio has the means of transport that allow live without a car, but needs improvement. "We have buses, subways and trains. But there are some impediments to use all that are still very scarce for a city this size. Security is one example. At night, use taxis, "he says.
Lourdes Zunino Rosa, architect PhD in Sustainable Mobility, the one responsible for this site www.nucleoiveurb.net, says the World Car Free Day is an excellent opportunity to press governments to take steps to increase the use of public transportation. "We must be willing to change. Has to have time and willingness to decant. The bike is an option. The skates are another. The traffic is aggressive? Is. But if we increase the number of non-motorized, can greatly improve, "argues the architect, who won award for creating a project for urban totally different from that favors the automobile.
She cites the example of small town in Belgium, which went through revolution had traffic problems very seriously, bottled. Thought of a new ring road. "The mayor turned the place for pedestrians and cyclists, woody. Municipal and made the free public transport, as it should be. People who were leaving the city, again, the economy has improved, "he explained.
"Things may not be as they are, all large buildings with many parking spaces. Here, will increase the parking lots of stadiums, while in Italy are building without jobs "he says. According to Lourdes, is expected to shift in mentality and structure.
Source: The Day
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