Wilshire Blvd. to de-car on Earth Day
Even Hummer drivers in L.A. will take notice of Earth Day this year -- because a chunk of Wilshire Blvd.'s going to shut down in green celebration. On April 22, the section of Wilshire between Western and Harvard will close to traffic, and an Earth Day festival will take over the street.
The FREE Wilshire Center Earth Day -- Car Free Day will feature a bike raffle, reusable grocery bag giveaways, and live music -- including a set by Michael Franti. Visitors can check out 100 exhibit booths and three stages (one each for music, environmental exhibits, and programs for children). Local schools are encouraged to bring out the students on a field trip to this event.
L.A. City Council approved the motion for this event with a strong de-car-ing message: “The City of Los Angeles declares this day a Car Free Day City Wide to encourage greater-than-normal usage of mass transit." It's unclear as of yet what route the Metro 720 and 920 Wilshire buses will take to get around the road block, but they'll be your best bets for getting to the event free of traffic and parking hassles.
One of the simplest ways to have a positive environmental impact is to use reusable grocery bags.
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Posted by: Cool Grocery Bags | February 29, 2008 at 08:38 AM
How is the city government going to support that statement? For example, in Austin, on "ozone action days"--where the levels are too high--all city buses are free, to encourage people to leave their cars at home.
Yes, it's an entirely different system, but I want to know if L.A. is going to put its money where its mouth is.
Posted by: Kate | February 29, 2008 at 12:20 PM