Car Free Day not for everyone

September 22, 2010 @ 10:32 am (Updated: 1:37 pm - 3/28/11 )

By ONG LIE SHIA
KIRO Radio

Wednesday isn't just the first day of fall, it's also World Car-Free Day.

It's a day when you're encouraged to leave your car at home and bike or walk to work or school.

Organizers say it's the perfect time to take heat off the planet, and they're putting it on city planners and politicians to give priority to biking, walking, and public transportation.

However, not everyone agrees. Sam Kazman, the general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, says people should protest the day by driving.

"The automobile is one the most liberating technologies," says Kazman. "It was something that was developed by mankind. It allows people to go where they want to when they want to. It is something that has hugely increased the range of choices of such things as where we live and where we work."

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  • jpetro wrote...
    To celebrate
    September 22, 2010 11:14 am
    I shall drive twice as much as usual......Go cars
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  • HLC wrote...
    Good day to drive the hot rod to work.
    September 22, 2010 11:59 am
    It gets about 10mpg.
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  • OneMoreVoice wrote...
    Ahhhhhh, just got home from out driving around
    September 22, 2010 1:35 pm
    doing my part to support the cause.
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  • dandan wrote...
    I spent the entire day
    September 22, 2010 6:44 pm
    driving.......loved it!!
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  • Had enough yet, Libs? wrote...
    Organizers say it's the perfect time to take heat off the planet,
    September 22, 2010 6:58 pm
    Heat? It was Sunny most of the day. Did the temp ever break 60?
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