Car-free movement

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The car-free movement is an environmentalist socio-political movement that aims to create a car-free world. The rationale behind the movement is that cars are responsible for destroying street life, damage to the social fabric of communities, isolation of people, suburban sprawl, inconvenience to other street users, noise pollution, air pollution, global warming, and waste of energy and natural resources.[1] automobiles should therefore be abolished. It is also sometimes used as a strawman position whenever a person argues that people should drive less often, or that governments should invest in infrastructure for modes of transport other than private cars.

Local "car-free days" are organized by activists in several cities. September 22 is "World Car-Free Day."

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