Car free day



Car free day or a car-free day was originally a Government-set date the motorists was forbidden to use a vehicle with an internal combustion engine. Nowadays, the car free day a day during the Week of the progress to which municipalities participate voluntarily through the streets to shut down for motorized traffic.



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[hide] *1 car free Sundays related to oil scarcity  ==Car free Sundays related to oil scarcity[ Edit] == ===1939[ Edit] === The first car free Sundays in Netherlands were from Sunday 1 October till Sunday 12 november 1939. The ban on driving on Sundays and holidays, had to do with the mobilization and the gasoline shortage inGermany and France. The name ' autolooze ' was on Sunday september 30, already used in the Leeuwarder Courant. [1]  By adequate supplies of gasoline and the ability to short term if necessary to enter adistribution scheme, was lifted with effect from 19 november the zondagrijverbod. ===1946[ Edit] === In 1946, the gasoline was scarce in stock and therefore should be driven by car on Sunday only people who were on the road for business purposes and had permission. [2] ===1956-1957<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Car free Sunday in 1956<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Car free Sundays in Netherlands and Belgium were by force after the Suez crisis in 1956. The Sunday ban ran from 25 november 1956 to 20 January 1957. This measure fell into a period of extraordinary international tension: not only was by the Suez crisis the oil supply disruption from the Middle East, but that same year also found the Hungarian revolution took place, which the fear of hostilities between NATO and the Soviet Union increased. ===1973-1974<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A third series of car free Sundays followed at the time of the oil crisis of 1973:
 * 1.1 1939
 * 1.2 1946
 * 1.3 1956-1957
 * 1.4 1973-1974
 * legislation in Netherlands 1.5
 * 2 car-free days for environmental awareness
 * 2.1 car free day since 1999
 * 2.2 Car free days in Belgium
 * 2.3 Car free days in Netherlands
 * 2.3.1 2007
 * 2.3.2 2008
 * 2.3.3 2009
 * 3 see also
 * 4 external links

<p lang="en" len="643" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The oil-producing countries were waiting for an opportunity to oil scarcity to translate into increased prices: that opportunity came in October 1973, when the Yom Kippur war broke out in which Israel was attacked by Egypt, Algeria, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Tunisia
 * Netherlands, of 4 november 1973 to 6 January 1974 ten times;
 * Belgium on 18 november 1973 to 13 January 1974 six times (spread);
 * Federal Republic of Germany, from 25 november to 16 december 1973 four times;
 * Italy;
 * Denmark;
 * United Kingdom;
 * Greece;
 * Japan.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Netherlands chose the side of Israel in that war. In protest against these pro-Israeli attitude of some Arab States turned the Netherlands oil tap, which the Government tried to limit oil consumption by car free Sundays set. By order of the Government were some Sundays all the cars and mopeds silent. Only with a special exemption (for example, police cars and ambulances) if one drive. It provided spectacular images of empty motorways, but also sparked the creativity to: horse-drawn carriages were rigged again, cyclists and roller skates took possession of the boulevards. That there would be mass also cycled on the motorways is a myth. This was also on the car free Sunday banned, and the few cyclists who ventured on the highway, were expelled by the police. The car free Sundays, however, had not the desired effect: to the driving ban on car free Sundays to get around, was already on Saturday drive and returned back late Sunday night, so gas mileage at all declined. Minister Waheed left thirty years later know that at the time of entering the practical necessity failed because oil stocks plenty of bleaching. So it served mainly to the Arabs to continue not to inspire more action. And it fit nicely in the Calvinist according to Westerterp thrift ideals of Den Uyl.<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="312" style="line-height:1;">[source?] ===Legislation in Netherlands<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2001 is in order in Council Netherlands at a system which makes it possible by Sunday morning 3 hours to Monday morning 3 hour ban for the use of fuel by motor vehicles on the road, on the water and in the air. In this car-free Sunday Scheme at oil crisis<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  are several vehicles except those necessary or urgent tasks, as well as public transport. ==Car-free days for environmental awareness<span class="mw-editsection" len="359" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Car free day since 1999<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Environmental organizations have regularly called for a voluntary since 1973 car-free Sunday, to spread awareness and attention to the occupation of the city by car. They called this day also called "Zonderdag" or "car-free day". Since 1999 is actually in a number of European cities on a Sunday in september the town closed to car traffic. In Netherlands this happened to several years ago under the name car free day, which is coordinated by environmental defense. In this context a number of times the inner city of Amsterdam and streets in several dozen other cities in the country closed.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since 2003, the European car free day part of the European Mobility Week. ===Car-free days in Belgium<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Car free day in Brussels, 2005.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Belgium include Brussels, Brugge (City Centre), Lier and Mechelen , Antwerp car-free once a year even three times. In 2009, Ghent also for the first time. Usually, this happens around the international car free day on 22 september. In 2009 the entire region of Brussels-capital car-free, the largest continuous car-free area in Europe on the car free Sunday. ===Car-free days in Netherlands<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====2007<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2007, for the first time all four major cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam , the Hagueand Utrecht) indicated to take part in the car-free day. The date varies <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  :

====2008<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====2009<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p lang="en" len="271" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2010, friends of the Earth Netherlands decided no longer to organize the car-free Sunday in this form, partly because large cities have indicated that it depended not big enough and more is there more irritation than awareness was caused by road users.
 * Sunday 9 september: Leiden and Utrecht
 * Sunday 16 september (national car free day): Arnhem, Bergen op Zoom, Bussum, Culemborg, Den Haag, Deventer, Eindhoven, Goes, Groningen, Wooden, Maassluis, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam and Zoetermeer, Tiel, Tilburg
 * Saturday 22 september: Delft
 * Sunday 23 september: Amsterdam
 * Sunday 14 september: Leiden and Utrecht.
 * Sunday 21 september (national car free day): Amsterdam, Arnhem, Assen, Bergen op Zoom, Breda, Cuijk, Culemborg, Delft, Eindhoven, Goes, Gouda, Haarlem,Maassluis, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Oss, Roosendaal, Roermond, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Zoetermeer and Support.
 * Sunday 13 september: In different cities is the Sunday before the official car free day used for different activities. These are Utrecht, Maastricht and Leiden, Haarlem.
 * Sunday 20 september: the national car free day takes place for the tenth time. By the way better speak of ' car-free day ' because taxis and outbound car traffic in different participating municipalities are permitted. In addition to Amsterdam (within the ring road A10, except the North and Zeeburg), there are many other cities partially car-free. There are 26 municipalities with it, more than in previous years, where (parts of) the town to close. These include the following: the Hague, Arnhem, Eindhoven, Nijmegen, Rotterdam and Tilburg. In many places, events and parties are organized for and by people who do not use the car (this day) and as a result have more space on the street. In Amsterdam comprises the annual Dam tot Damloop, which already had to be closed several streets.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [5]