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Stay connected with us on Twitter and Facebook

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Car Free Vancouver

Car Free Vancouver is on Facebook and on Twitter @carfreeyvr. Use hashtags #CFDrive #CFKits #CFMain #CFWest when tweeting about your Car-Free neighbourhood! Car Free Vancouver – Main Street is on Facebook and on Twitter @carfreemain (#CFMain)

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Posted on June 14, 2010 by Car Free Vancouver
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North Van joins the party – 250,000 Expected to play in the streets on Car-Free Vancouver Day

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Car Free Vancouver

WHAT: Car-Free Vancouver Day WHEN: Sunday June 20 (Father’s Day), noon to whenever WHERE: Kitsilano, Commercial Drive, West End, Main Street and now, NORTH VAN! WHY: To reclaim our streets for people Car-Free Vancouver Day is a grassroots, citizen-led, 100% … Continue reading →

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Chris Carlsson in Vancouver!

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Car Free Vancouver

Chris co-founded the monthly bike-ins known as Critical Mass that have spread to five continents and over 300 cities. He is director of the multimedia history project Shaping San Francisco and was one of the founders and editors of the … Continue reading →

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David Suzuki endorses Car Free Day

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Car Free Vancouver

We’re excited to share the following endorsement for our festival from noted local scientist and environmental activitist, David Suzuki: Cities are for people.  We have been designing our cities for efficiency for cars and commerce but forgot people.  Walking, biking, … Continue reading →

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2009 Car Free Vancouver AGM – September 22nd

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Car Free Vancouver

Call out for CAR FREE VANCOUVER Annual General Meeting Tuesday September 22 – 6 pm (International Car-Free Day) Location : The Junction (the park at 15th and Fraser) The Toast Collective (648 Kingsway) You are cordially and with a great … Continue reading →

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Car Free Vancouver Day is still on!

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Car Free Vancouver

You may have noticed some news about Vancouver’s Car Free Sundays being in jeopardy. Fear not! The Car Free Days being referred to in those articles are the ones proposed by Andrea Reimer last year. The plan she had was … Continue reading →

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Start your own car-free day

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Car Free Vancouver

So you want to throw a festival in your community. Great! It’s a lot of fun, you’ll meet some cool folks, build community and put on a great party. And really, we can’t emphasize this enough: it won’t be too … Continue reading →

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