United Nations Car Free Days

United Nations Car Free Days

United Nations Car Free Days is a process and event driven approach to promote sustainability in the developing world, relating to transport in cities.UNCFD follows on from the work of the [http://www.worldcarfreeday.com World Car Free Days ] collaborative over its first seven years of existence, in preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

The team has organized and supported three low carbon footprint events: in Bogotá, Surabaya, and Fremantle.

ee also

*Auto-free zone
*Car Free Days
*Carfree movement
*Carless days (New Zealand political history)
*Critical mass
*List of carfree places
*New Mobility Agenda
*Reclaim the streets

External references

* [http://www.uncfd.org Official web site]
* [http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/ United Nations Division for Sustainable Development]
* [http://www.worldcarfreeday.com World Car Free Days Collaborative]
* [http://www.newmobility.org New Mobility Agenda]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sustran-discuss Sustran Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific]

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