Car-free Day on September 19: Use public transportation and leave your car at home.
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The City of Busan will launch a campaign across the city to promote sustainable urban transportation for one week from September 16 to September 22 to celebrate the annual event, World Car-free Day (September 22).
The city intends to encourage public transportation in order to tackle problems caused by driving private cars, such as air pollution, traffic congestion and excessive energy consumption, and to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels in response to climate change. The event’s success will rely on the voluntary participation of citizens.
To promote the event, all city workers from public agencies will be encouraged to use public transport on September 19 due to September 22nd falling on a Saturday. Citizens can voluntarily participate in the event.
World Car-free Day is a global event held on September 22. It encourages drivers to give up their cars for a day and use public transportation, ride a bicycle, or simply walk.
The origins of Car-free Day can be traced to the French town of La Rochelle, where a car-free day was organized in 1997. In 2001, the car-free day went global to become World Car-free Day, which is celebrated on September 22. The car-free day started in Korea in 2008.
