Toward Car Free Cities
Cars are reponsible for:
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More than 1.2 billion deaths each year in the world and from 20 to 50 million injuries.
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A lot of noise, especially into towns.
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High air pollution.
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Ugly infrastructure.
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A social pollution, people living in relation less suburbia.
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Kids who are kept from going alone to school, either by bike or by foot.
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Parking spaces replacing green spaces.
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Cars parked on sidewalks and cycling lanes.
Nevertheless, we could avoid using cars, especially in our cities:
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By taking example on other Europen cities like Amsterdam where cycling is used for more than 50% of everyday trips.
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By using public transports (rapid transit, tramways, buses...).
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By using active modes such as cycling, walking and other non-polluting means of transport.
About us
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Pour une Ville sans Voiture is a french non-profit structure based in Lyon, France. It has been founded in July 2011.
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We are a group of people claiming that car is not a sustainable mean of transport. We want to develop a efficient organization of the transport system, which will preserve our environment.