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Leave your car a day and enjoy riding some other vehicles like bicycle, bike, public transportation, or walk to keep your car off the roads and thus preventing the rapidly increasing pollution threatening our beloved Earth. The first vehicle was rolled onto the streets in 1886.Today, about one billion motor vehicles moving on the roads around the globe, it sometimes seems impossible for us to escape the pollution, noise and danger that they produce.

Highlighting the environmental concerns and pollution caused by the increasing number of motor vehicles.

While cars are convenient and have a number of benefits, they also contribute a dangerous amount of pollution, so having a day off is earnestly needed . World Car Free Day is significant for raising awareness about these issues and helping to reduce both noise and air pollution caused due to cars. One day a year is set aside to stop using cars and cycling, walking or using public transport instead.

Emphasizing the advantages of walking, cycling, and using bikes or public transportation.

Walking, using bicycle and motor bikes provides several benefits .At first they help you to stay healthy and participate in some exercise. Nowadays most activities revolve around sitting indoors and playing on video games. Instead, by avoiding your car for a bike when going to work, you will be able to add some exercise and fresh air to your daily routine. Secondly, your children will also develop key areas of skill such as coordination, balance and concentration. They  will become more and more confident the better that they get on their bike or bicycle .

Tracing the history of car-free initiatives, from early car-free Sundays to the global World Car Free Day in 2000.

 The first official, global Car Free Day was launched in 2000. Many big cities, like Bogota and Jakarta, close traffic  on their central roads on this day and arrange  for walking and cycling events, and smaller car-free events are observed all around the world.

Highlighting key events related to Car Free Day, such as the launch of car-free Sundays and the development of auto-free newsletters.

We can list a number of significant events that have taken place all around the world in relation to World Car Free Day. In 1956 the first car-free Sundays took place in both Belgium and the Netherlands. In 1992, in Ottawa, a newsletter called Auto-Free Ottawa began. In  2019, more than 16 miles of roads in Central London were closed by the mayor at the time, Sadiq Khan, in honor of World Car Free Day. The major declared that his aim was to ensure that 80 percent of London’s journeys were being made by public transport, cycling, or walking within the next 22 years. 

Encouraging individuals to actively participate by keeping their cars parked for 24 hours.

We can also become a part of this noble event. The best way to celebrate World Car Free Day is to firmly park your car in your garage. We can also spread the word about World Car Free Day online so that we can make other people aware of this date and request them to keep their cars parked up for 24 hours as well for the sake of our environment.