Did you hear about the recent Car Free day? It was Sept. 22. I heard about it through a mass mailing at the office, so I did my part and took my bicycle that day. What a novel idea - empty streets for 1 day! Unfortunately it looks as though the majority of Toronto city councillors couldn't break the habit of taking their high performance automobiles in to City Hall that day.
What a shame, especially after the government recently cut the Car Free Day organization's budget from $500,000/year down to zero. I'm sure in their hearts that these councillors would want to leave the world clean for their children (which one of them used as an excuse to bring the car to work - needed to drive the kids to school!) but not at the cost of a hit to their lfestyles. Thus is the extent of environmental awareness - or unawareness as it is - in this city.