World Car Free Day: history and experience of different countries. Campaign "World Car Free Day" Drawing on the theme of one day without a car
Recently, an increasing number of countries have been celebrating World Car Free Day every year. What is the reason for the appearance of this date and what events are taking place in different countries? We will observe the celebration of this day in various parts of the country and the world.
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In 1973, at the height of the fuel crisis, the Swiss authorities invited citizens to spend one day without a car, using bicycles and public transport. A few years later, the idea came up to make an annual campaign calling for less use of personal vehicles. The idea was picked up by different cities: Reykjavik, Bath, La Rochelle and others. The action was gaining popularity due to the environmental situation and as a way to “Give up the car for at least one day, improve your health by walking or cycling, use public transport and reduce the flow of cars” - this is how car owners were encouraged to participate in the events.
In 1994, it was proposed to celebrate World Car Free Day on September 22, an initiative supported by many EU countries. In Russia, such an action was first held in 2008.
World Car Free Day in different countries
As part of Car-Free Day, countries offer various promotions to motivate drivers to leave their "iron horses" at home for at least one day a year. In many cities, the cost of travel on public transport is reduced, the cost of travel in the subway is almost halved.
Following the example of San Francisco, more and more countries hold cycling demonstrations on September 22: cyclists in colorful suits ride along the city streets along with cars, demonstrating that this method of transportation is more environmentally friendly and healthy, besides, it does not interfere with motorists in any way.
Many countries on this day restrict the entry of cars into the city, forcing their owners to take a walk.
With the development of social networks, support for the action with the help of photos is gaining popularity. It is suggested that you take a picture of yourself walking or cycling and put it online with a hashtag, for example, "# day without a car" (each country has its own options).
In Russia, the action is more popular in provincial cities than in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but every year there are more and more fans of the Day Without a Car.
Media coverage of the event
World Car Free Day is becoming more and more popular every year. How do supporters of the action draw attention to it?
First of all, of course, with the help of Healthy lifestyles are now in vogue, and the stories of doctors from TV screens or pages of magazines remind us of the harm caused to humanity by a huge number of cars. This is the harmful effects of exhaust gases, and the weakening of the muscles due to low mobility, and the breakdown of the nervous system due to constant traffic jams and numerous accidents.
Articles on the web also make arguments from an economic point of view. Car maintenance is the purchase of gasoline, repairs, technical inspections, various gadgets. Even one day of travel by public transport will significantly save the budget. And if you get on foot or by bike - it's completely free.
Ecologists, concerned about the deplorable state of the environment, which is exacerbated by the emission of exhaust gases, conducted a motivational study. It turns out that in Moscow alone, thanks to the fact that World Car Free Day was held in 2014 on September 22, the air became cleaner by as much as 15%!
Working with the next generation
For several years now, Russian schools have been holding special events calling for doing without vehicles at least once a year. World Day Without a Car at School is an interesting issue of wall newspapers, cycling competitions, races for various distances and hiking. Medical workers are invited to the children, who tell how much more useful it is for the body, for example, to walk to school than to drive a car.
In many cities, they tell what a World Car Free Day is in kindergarten. Educators tell the children how a car can harm, conduct outdoor games, and also encourage parents to join the action.
Public opinion
World Car Free Day has both fans and ardent opponents. Someone gladly refuses personal transport for one day, someone does not consider it possible. Of course, every inhabitant of the Earth is concerned about environmental problems and understands that millions of tons of exhaust gases worsen the situation every day. They count everything and the money that is spent on the maintenance and service of even the simplest car.
But according to surveys, only a small part of drivers are ready to give up their personal vehicle for at least one day, not to mention making it a lifestyle. A car is an opportunity to get from one part of the city to another in the shortest possible time. For parents with children, their own car is an indispensable assistant, thanks to which you can be in time for kindergarten, school, work, and numerous clubs and sections.
But still, the idea that in some cases you can do without a car deserves attention. And I would like to hope that giving up your personal car for at least one day a year will become a tradition that will benefit people and help solve environmental problems.
Picture for World Car Free Day
According to statistics, every minute a new car leaves the assembly line in the world. The number of cars in Moscow already exceeds the critical level of 170-180 cars per 1,000 residents. In a few years, perhaps, the streets of the capital will become impassable even for firefighters and ambulances.
The situation is becoming critical, but by no means hopeless. Every year on September 22, many cities around the world celebrate World Car Free Day. For example, in France (the same country was the first to celebrate the Day without a car), the center of Paris is closed for cars on this day, and bicycles are offered to residents for movement, and completely free - just leave an identity card as a deposit. In many foreign cities, public transport is free on this day.
In Russia, only Moscow, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod have joined the international movement on September 22. However, this does not have much impact on the situation - in 2009, there were just as many traffic jams in Moscow on September 22 as on any other day. What pleases is that the officials that day went to work on foot, some on bicycles.
Down with the cars!
Having summed up all the pluses and minuses, an initiative group of young people came up with a proposal to make a World Car Free Day. Thus, on September 22, they urged all car owners to forget about their four-wheeled friends and walk. Well, at the very least, get on your bike.
All for people
The main motto that pedestrians do not get tired of repeating on Car Free Day is the city is for people, not for cars. In many countries of Western Europe and America, this has long been understood. The boom in motorization occurred there in the 50-70s of the last century. The realization that a car is not always a blessing comes to us only now. Especially when we stand in traffic jams for many hours, go out into the yard to get some air, and instead of trees and benches we see only randomly scattered cars. Enough to endure this, the activists decided, and as a struggle against the dominance of cars on our streets, they decided to fight peacefully for the time being.
The killers!
Let's uncover the monstrous statistics. It turns out that cars kill up to 3 thousand people every day. Moreover, every minute a new killer comes off the assembly lines of all car factories in the world. Despite the crisis, recessions, defaults and other horrors of the modern economic world, car production is slowly but surely growing. The main manufacturer is currently China. It's one thing if they made decent cars, but they churn out crocodiles for third countries, where they sell them for a penny to not the richest people. Moreover, these same people are increasingly taking a personal car not for the sake of moving, but for showing off. When you buy a car, you buy status. It is with this phenomenon - show-off, posturing and window dressing - that we must first of all fight in our country, transferring people from cars to bicycles or on foot. That's when not only a day without a car will begin, but a week, a month, a year. And, of course, it’s worth hitting with a ruble, fining for improper parking or boorish behavior on the road. Today he will go to the track, and tomorrow, he will count the last money and go to work on foot.
World Car Free Day 2019 congratulations in verse
Almost everyone is a car driver,
But today we will ask you:
Slow down, don't rush
And the speed would be more likely to drop.
Don't drive for at least a day
Let nature become purer
May a day without cars bring good to everyone,
It doesn't matter what the weather is!
Today adults and children
Do not sit in a chair, as always.
The sun shines on the streets
And the air is fresher than ever.
On foot! Forward to dawn
We walk holding hands.
Let's unload the planet for at least a day,
We will wash away the soot and dirt from it.
Even though we are without a car today,
We move around.
It doesn't matter women, men,
We all love to walk!
Congratulations on this day,
We will teach each other a lesson.
And for the soul we will leave to everyone,
This heartfelt greeting.
We will spend today
A day without a car
And let the air be cleaner
Becomes all over the world.
Let the breeze be fresh
Fly by the planet
And say "Thank you"
She is for us.
urban smog
Let the fog melt
Breathes purity
Let the whole earth be with us.
Let's ride bikes
On horseback or walking,
Then our ECO troubles will recede,
And we will live longer on earth!
We can do without exhaust gases,
Without black smog for our cities,
And we will get drunk with clean air to the brim,
And we won't leave bad marks!
We will pass by public transport,
We will free our city from traffic jams,
And we will be less catastrophes, tragedies,
Let's make the dream of cleanliness come true!
Everything, today everything is on foot,
Come on, let's stretch our legs!
Along the paths and over the bumps
Let's not go, let's go.
We will breathe with a full chest,
Let's look at the landscape
And cars near the house
Rest while without us!
Let's leave the car
And we will walk.
Come on, this routine.
We'd rather ride.
A week without smog and dust
People will be healthy
After all, they used to sail on a sail
to the same resort.
And now it's filled up.
And they go back and forth.
Come on them, cars,
Without them, the environment will be cleaner.
All the prices are rising endlessly for gasoline,
Diesel fuel and gas are getting more expensive, but -
The people are already in the store for bread
On his own rides stately cars.
Cars will be installed everywhere - you can’t get through.
And the soot in the air - there is nothing to breathe,
And in the city there are traffic jams on every road.
Nightmare! And it's time to do something about it.
You look: in Europe - already beautiful!
On the bike paths, because there is old and young
The pedals are actively spinning all day.
And they are a hundred times healthier than us.
Great promotion - a day without a car!
Let car owners at least once a year
Crush in buses, flatten in the subway
Active at rush hour wheelless people!
Let them know the freshness of the breath of those masses
Who likes to drink vodka in the evening.
And the trip will give vivacity for the day ...
Hmmm ... Still, you need to buy a car.
We offer today
Close all cars.
Generators, motors
Take it and shut it down.
I want to feel the beauty
Silence and beauty.
Without gasoline, oils, greases
Give nature purity.
Living in the midst of noise and dust
Now the verse is dedicated.
Each car has
The owner is already drowning among them.
Once distant ancestors
About this could not even dream
And by the power of one thought
They let themselves fly.
Alas, those days are in the past...
Now, frankly, it's not.
And you're on the back of prestige
When you don't have a car.
Meanwhile, a double-sided medal
Presented today,
And today became sadness
Thick heavy dust.
And the air is saturated with gasoline
And it became so hard to breathe...
For those who buy cars
I want to say today:
This will not throw at you
A very heavy shadow
When you're without a car
There is only one day in a year.
Of course it's easy to remember
Which is more beneficial to us.
Than our life is more monotonous -
The hour is richer in those feelings.
No need to rush, hurry
For that without much need.
Leave your car for a day
Believe me, you will only win.
Who is restless
Traveled the entire highway?
Steel horses run
Hundreds of horsepower.
We wish you unscrupulously
Don't get stuck in traffic today
Bipedal on the go
Run briskly at full speed.
Easy on feet
We'll go without a car
And nature's clean air
Save from petrol.
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Ministry of Education, Science and Youth Policy of the Altai Republic Municipal educational institution "Secondary school No. 12 of the city of Gorno-Altaisk"
Classroom hour
ON THE TOPIC:
"Car Free Day"
Gorno-Altaisk
2013
Topic: A day without a car.
Goals:
- Introduce students to the holiday "Day without a car";
- To make it clear to students that it is possible to live without the help of a car;
- To cultivate the desire to respect nature, to actively participate in the protection of the environment.
Equipment:
Computer and projector.
Preparatory work:
The poems included in the script must be offered to the children to learn by heart in advance.
TEACHER According to statistics, every minute a new car leaves the assembly line in the world. The number of cars in Moscow already exceeds the critical level of 170-180 cars per 1,000 inhabitants. In a few years, perhaps, the streets of the capital will become impassable even for firefighters and ambulances.
1 student:
What kind of holiday is this?
Day without traffic jams and cars!
Get on the bus and go home
Drive or walk?
Yes! And this is just for fun!
The air is fresher than ever!
I no longer swear in traffic jams!
If only it had always been like this!
1 leader. September 22nd- this is world car free day, in which motorists (and motorcyclists) are asked to stop using fuel-consuming vehicles for at least a day; in some cities and countries there are specially organized events.
As stated in the articleThe Washington Post, the event promotes the idea of walking andcyclingmodes of transportation, use of public transport, and the development of communities with walking distance to places of work and leisure.
Such events bring to the masses the idea of minimizing the use of personal transport; they have been spontaneously held in different cities since the beginningoil crisis of 1973, however, in October 1994 at the International Ciudades Accesibles conference inToledo(Spain) made the first call for the periodic implementation of such projects.
2 student:
Cars have filled our lives for a long time,
And they polluted the air all around.
They carry large loads far away,
And they bring us to our work.
But exhaust gases are thrown into the air,
And they infect us too.
I urge everyone very zealously,
Today, give up machine fun.
Let's spend a day without a car together
We will immediately shine with our success.
Let this day become traditional
And this will be only the first step.
2 leader.
In the first two years, Car Free Days were held inReykjavik(Iceland), bate(Somerset, UK) andLa Rochelle(France); In 1995, the informal World Car Free Days Consortium was created to support such Days. The first national campaign was held in 1997 in the UK by the associationEnvironmental Transport Association, the second - in 1998 in France, under the namein town, and in 2000 European Commissionspread the campaign throughoutEuropean Union. In the same year, the European Commission extended the event to a whole week of "European Mobility Week", which is now the main event held under the ideology of "new mobility».
3 student:
We can't imagine a day without a car,
But before, people still somehow lived.
And they carried very heavy loads,
Nature, however, was not harmed.
Let's spend the day without cars,
And we will all keep our wishes.
It will immediately become easier for us to breathe,
And no one will pollute the air with gases.
1 leader.
In 2000, such Days began to be held around the world as part of the World Carfree Day program, conducted by the organizationCarbusters(now - World Car Free Network); in the same year, World Days began to be held in conjunction with the Earth Car Free Day program (an organization of the Earth Day Network).
2 leader.
The situation is becoming critical, but by no means hopeless. Every year on September 22, many cities around the world celebrate World Car Free Day. For example, in France (the same country was the first to celebrate the Day without a car), the center of Paris is closed for cars on this day, and bicycles are offered to residents for movement, and completely free of charge - just leave an identity card as a deposit. In many foreign cities, public transport is free on this day.
4 student:
I want to invite you all today
Refuse transport services.
Let's walk on our own
We'll all get to work quickly.
And the day will pass without noise from the engine,
We will get a big charge of enthusiasm.
And on this day there will be no emission of gases,
Which, of course, we always need.
I congratulate everyone on the day without a car,
And I wish you long life.
1 leader.
The action takes place in RussiaSeptember 22ndsince 2008. On a day without cars, the city authorities reduce prices for public transport by issuing special tickets, but car owners for the most part ignore the action. In addition, it is known about holding events in honor of the action inKursk and St. Petersburg. Since 2009, the Day without a car began to be celebrated in the city of Ufa. On this day, a bike ride takes place through the streets of the city, which every year gathers more and more people. In 2013, the action will be held in Rostov-on-Don with the help of the city bike rental service.
5 student:
Day today - without a car,
Everyone will take the subway!
To relieve nature
Let's live a little longer!
2 leader.
In Russia, only Moscow, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod have joined the international movement on September 22. However, this does not have a big impact on the situation - in 2009 in Moscow there were as many traffic jams on September 22 as on any other day. What pleases is that the officials that day went to work on foot, some on bicycles.
6 student:
Legs, legs, just like that,
Leave the keys at home
After all, there is a trolleybus, metro, to the kraynyak,
It's better to go on foot.
I congratulate the one who succeeded
Become a "walker" for at least an hour.
Well, let's take a break from the iron horses,
Just like horses from us!
7 student:
Today adults and children
Do not sit in a chair, as always.
The sun shines on the streets
And the air is fresher than ever.
On foot! Forward to dawn
We walk holding hands.
Let's unload the planet for at least a day,
We will wash away the soot and dirt from it.
Even though we are without a car today,
We move around.
It doesn't matter women, men,
We all love to walk!
Congratulations on this day,
We will teach each other a lesson.
And for the soul we will leave to everyone,
This heartfelt greeting.
Ekaterina Serova
September 22, 2015 in our city of Magnitogorsk held a campaign " A day without a car". It turns out that there is a World day refusal to use car. And I think it's necessary. Let children and adults understand that it is possible and necessary at some point not to use transport that pollutes the atmosphere, but to use clean and environmentally friendly transport, and it is best to move and walk on foot. The benefits of such walks are in everything from health to knowledge of the world, observation of nature and natural phenomena, rapprochement and communication with others.
In that day spent a holiday for all ages. Adults participated in the bike ride, directly demonstrating the benefits of bicycles for the body and the environment.
Children from kindergartens arranged holiday. It was just our children. Entertainment was prepared for the children program: performances by children from sports sections, motorcycle show, fun starts, long jump competition, roller skating, weightlifting classes, orientation in space (walking through the labyrinth in accordance with the scheme, chess and checkers competition.
It was very interesting and fun.
The children especially liked the competition of "horses" and "scooters".
Oddly enough, but the victory was won by "horses". So we all change to horses!
And at the end holiday Having played enough, running around, the guys noticed the included fountains. Everyone became interested, began to examine and even touch the water. So you don't know what might be of interest at the moment children.
That's how much impressions and pleasure the children received. But most importantly, the guys realized that there are other alternatives to the car. I hope that in the near future we will not be so dependent on machines.
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