City lays down grass for Car-Free Day
Last Updated Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:36:35 EDT
CBC News
The city of Montreal plans to close a large downtown area to cars and trucks on Friday morning to mark international Car-Free Day.
Created in 2002, the event is designed to discourage people from using their cars in the city.
At 9:30 a.m., the area enclosed by McGill College Avenue, and St-Urbain, Maisonneuve, and René-Lévesque streets will be off-limits to cars, and open to pedestrians and bicycles. The zone will reopen to motorized traffic at 3:30 p.m.
"We want the maximum of people to come downtown, to learn more about public transit, the environment, public health, etc.," said Melanie Nadeau, a spokeswoman with Montreal's transit agency, which is hosting the day's events.
The agency also plans to lay down grass on part of Ste-Catherine Street, Nadeau said. "We're just going to let people come and walk on it, or take their lunch, or anything."
Other streets, including Camilien Houde, which runs up the side of Mount Royal, will be shut down as well, to the delight of les Amis de la Montagne spokeswoman Gabrielle Korn.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2006/09/22/qc-carfreeday.html
The city of Montreal plans to close a large downtown area to cars and trucks on Friday morning to mark international Car-Free Day.
Created in 2002, the event is designed to discourage people from using their cars in the city.
At 9:30 a.m., the area enclosed by McGill College Avenue, and St-Urbain, Maisonneuve, and René-Lévesque streets will be off-limits to cars, and open to pedestrians and bicycles. The zone will reopen to motorized traffic at 3:30 p.m.
"We want the maximum of people to come downtown, to learn more about public transit, the environment, public health, etc.," said Melanie Nadeau, a spokeswoman with Montreal's transit agency, which is hosting the day's events.
The agency also plans to lay down grass on part of Ste-Catherine Street, Nadeau said. "We're just going to let people come and walk on it, or take their lunch, or anything."
Other streets, including Camilien Houde, which runs up the side of Mount Royal, will be shut down as well, to the delight of les Amis de la Montagne spokeswoman Gabrielle Korn.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2006/09/22/qc-carfreeday.html
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