Chicago, U.S.A: Events include bike rodeos, rallies and a meeting of bikers who have been hit while bicycling.
And World Streets, in addition to carrying a thorough history of the event, is offering some inspiration for those who are trying to make a difference in a car-dominated environment.
Rarely are there single persons or groups who all by themselves make the difference. Rather there is this slow, often irritatingly slow, cumulative process of assimilation of ideas, attempted actions, not all of which crowned by immediate success, and changing perceptions which occasionally combine, here and there, to change first attitudes and then, with any luck at all, some of the salient and important choices that we all make together which shape our daily lives, and those of our cities.
The most basic action a person can take is to simply see what it's like to live without a car. Do you know anyone who's foregoing driving to celebrate World Car Free Day?
Also on the Network today: Livin in the Bike Lane laments the death of Green Party Senate candidate Natasha Pettigrew, killed by an SUV driver early Tuesday. Urban STL reports on the design competition winner for the Gateway Arch grounds, which includes building a "lid" over parts of Interstate 70 to improve pedestrian access between downtown and the landmark. And Walk and Bike Berks County directs readers toward a Rails to Trails Conservancy petition which takes on officials at AAA for suggesting funding cuts to biking and walking infrastructure.