Vancouver 2016 Main Street Free Cars Event
Car Free Day, Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, June 2008.
Vancouver Car Free Day is an event run by community volunteers in Vancouver, British Columbia, which closes the busy streets to traffic and implements community festivals a day to promote active transportation, sustainability, and public spaces is similar to other Car- free day held worldwide has always been held annually on the third day Sunday in June Father in recent years it has expanded to events on the Saturday and Sunday, in addition to an event in North Vancouver in August neighborhoods involve block portions often host smaller, together with a big street festival to celebrate this day removes event sites cars along main streets and encourages people in these communities to interact with each other in the spirit of reducing carbon emissions the biggest street festivals include many non-profit organizations, artisans, artists, businesses and food suppliers Some festivals also include performances from music guests, spoken word, dance and objectives these events should remind people of their environmental impact on the city, to reduce dependence on personal vehicles as means of transport in the city, to encourage active and alternative forms of transport and help people see streets as public spaces for all 1.
Vancouver Car Free Day began with the Commercial Drive Festival in 2005. The festival was the beginning of a great community event known as the Car Free Day Vancouver He was managed and organized entirely by volunteers, consisting of 30 main organizers and 300 other volunteers in its first year of operation, over 25 000 people were present to celebrate this community event the idea was in response to the gateway program of the provincial government in BC which aims to significantly reduce congestion in the Vancouver 2 the first annual car free day was held in Vancouver in 2005, Sunday, June 15, and included the various festivals that take place in Kitsilano, Commercial drive, Main Street, and West End 3.
There are now four districts that regularly participate in Car Free Day Kitsilano Main Street Commercial Drive and West End There is a fifth event organized by the Society Vancouver without a car in North Vancouver.
Commercial Drive is originally from Vancouver Car Free Day, which was first held in 2005 The 2015 festival marked the 11th anniversary of the Car Free Day on Commercial Drive 20 Downtown Victoria Bus, which offers along Commercial Service drive is redirected drive commerce around the festivities.
Main Street Car Free Day event is the biggest Vancouver Car Free Day event The event hosts a variety of entertainment, including local artisans, musical artists, Spoken, and food vendors 4 Main Street Car Free Day spans 21 blocks from Broadway Avenue to 30th Avenue, creating areas without ideal car for the smallest block participate in the events of the car free day celebrations in Vancouver has increased year by year and in 2015, participation in all the four sites totaled 5 400 000.
The West End is organizing similar events in both the Commercial Drive and Main Street Car Free Day on the Saturday before the two events This event allows the festival to go beyond a main street with performances, vendors and artisans.
The community of Kitsilano takes a slightly different approach to the popular car-free day Vancouver instead of closing the main streets to welcome the festival, neighbors organize and host their own block parties This gives people the chance to meet as community and spend time interacting, play games and relax in an otherwise busy city attractions in these block parties differ considerably as each event is completely independent of the other, but popular choices include hockey road , music and dance, and relax in chairs or sofas in 2012 Kitsilano organized a total of 16 block parties, then from 13 to 2013 Kitsilano free Day car is supported by the Vancouver car free Day society, the Vancouver Foundation and the City of Vancouver organizers and hosts of these block parties receive small subventi ons granted by the Vancouver Foundation through their neighborhood small grants program 6.
Car Free Day Vancouver, free, Vancouver Main Street Free.