Wonkette
How did you get to work today? Hopefully you risked your life and took the Metro. Or did you drive? Because if you did, you’re in big, big trouble. It’s Car Free Day DC, which means that walking, biking, and mass transit are the only acceptable means to get from point A to point B today. Even if you’re that cool and you always take the Metro, today DC celebrates all non-drivers for their service to the country and looks down on those who actually drove on this beloved day.
If you don’t own a car, didn’t drive or took public transportation today, take the car free pledge. DO IT. You can win prizes and be a part of something larger than you. In this one day of car free-ness we may be able to fix global warming forever, and we certainly will be one step close to making a great showing at Copenhagen!
TODAY from 11am to 3pm Car Free DC is hosting a car free bonanza to celebrate you doing good for DC and, really, the entire world. The celebration is on F Street NW between 7th and 8th features a free outdoor yoga class (a unique car free alternative), bike repairs and plenty of your favorite food stands, including the Fojol Brothers, the Spy Diner sidewalk food cart and the On the Fly food cart. There will also be free Segway test drives, but, just saying, only obnoxious obese tourists from Ohio use these. Your choice.
If you can’t get enough of this kumbayah-saving-the-planet fun, Bike DC day is October 17.
Wait, I just did Lanny Davis’s Civility Pledge, and now I have to take some car-free pledge, too? I will just stick with Lemon Pledge, thank you very much.
And by Lemon I mean Cream Lemon, of course.
Sorry, Metro is absolutely not safe. There have been about a dozen horrifying stories about it since the accident, all leaked by NTSB, FOIA requests, conductors who had near misses, etc. Before the accident, Metro had a couple incidents where conductors slammed on the brakes and managed to avoid large-scale fatalities by a second or two, and Metro’s response was “Gee, that worked out well. No need to tell anyone about that, or do anything about it.” Then when it finally caused fatalities, they said, “We have NO IDEA how that POSSIBLY could have happened! Our system is fail-safe!”
So, I take the train to DC and then I get a free car? I’m confused.
It must be like Christmas for Matt Yglesias, who, being a Jew, albeit a self-hating one (according to Marty Peretz), is not used to such a joyous occasion.
But he is in Germany right now and will miss it?!?!
Why not a national no-car day?
zhubajie: Because we’re not in China yet, commie!
@ Doris Ziffel. Yes, and there are never ANY fatal accidents on the Beltway or DC streets, ever. @@
Lazy Media: Good point. Also, everyone should stop worrying about the war in Afghanistan going badly, because the war in Iraq is also bad, and we all know it’s impossible to care about more than one thing.