Taking Back the Streets: TreeHugger Tips For Car Free Day

Lloyd Alter
Living / Culture
September 21, 2007

Here are some ideas for World Car Free Day to take back our streets:

Do some radical roadwitching. "A series of creative experiments in repurposing roads as enjoyable public living spaces rather than motor traffic conduits." ::Treehugger and ::The Road Witch Trial Put on a show. We like the "urban interventions" by New York's Improv Everywhere, who staged a suicide jumper on a ledge three feet off the ground. ::MoreGet a (P) Lot. Artist Michael Rakowitz says: "(P) LOT questions the occupation and dedication of public space and encourages reconsiderations of "legitimate" participation in city life." ::More

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