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New Carfree Group for Bristol

Steve Melia | 27.08.2010 11:22

A new group has been set up for people who live without cars in Bristol. It will meet at the Cornumbia pub on the third Wednesday of each month, starting September 15th, from 7.30pm.
If, like several of us, you have made the decision to live without a car, you have probably experienced the same mixture of amusement and frustration at organisations who assume that everyone drives, or people who simply don’t understand how it’s possible to live happily without owning a car. Have you ever felt it would be good to mix with people who do understand?

That’s one reason why a few of us – members of Carfree UK, living in Bristol – have decided to set up Carfree Bristol. Our first aim is strictly social – to bring carfree people together. What if your partner has a car but you don’t? What if you are driving one at the moment but are aiming to give it up? Whatever your circumstances, we aren’t proposing any specific membership criteria. If you support the aims of the group, you are welcome.

Our longer-term aims are a bit more challenging: to promote carfree living, to persuade organisations to support our way of life instead of putting obstacles in the way, and to promote carfree neighbourhoods of the kinds which have been successful in many cities around Europe (see article below). Hope to see many of you there.


Steve Melia
- Original article on IMC Bristol: http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/693288