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National Car Free Day on November 12: Use public transportation and leave your car at home.

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The National Car-Free Day event has been moved from its annual date of September 22^nd to November 12^th this year due to the G20 summit.

 

The City intends to encourage public transportation and bicycle usage 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. 

 

To promote the event, all city workers from public agencies and private companies will be encouraged to use public transport. Parking lots at the City Hall and at all public agencies will be closed temporarily as an additional encouragement for workers to use public transport.

 

The World Car-Free Day event started in France in 1997 as an effort by citizens to reduce traffic volumes and improve the environment. It has now extended to 1,500 cities in 40 countries. Busan City has joined this event since 2008 to raise citizens’ awareness of issues such as air pollution from automobiles, traffic congestion and energy wasting.