Tag: Car Free Day

Drivers urged to ditch cars for full week

Drivers urged to ditch cars for full week

| 09/03/2021 | 96 Comments

(CNS): The infrastructure ministry has expanded on the 2019 Car Free Day to whole a week and is encouraging people to get out from behind the wheel from Monday, 22 March, until the following Friday. When Cayman went into the COVID-19 lockdown last year, it came close to being car-free. Driving was drastically reduced, giving […]

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Drivers, you’re too close!

Drivers, you’re too close!

| 26/09/2019 | 65 Comments

Wendy Ledger writes: Taking part in Car Free Day on Friday was by no means my first experience reporting the news under pedal power, but it was the first time I’d ridden my bike in and around George Town during office hours since last year. And in that short space of time, there is no […]

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Gov’t workers to ditch cars for day

Gov’t workers to ditch cars for day

| 20/09/2019 | 55 Comments

(CNS): Hundreds of public sector workers and government employees are ditching their individual cars today in favour of car pools, buses, bicycles and their feet. The civil service is joining the globally recognised Car Free Day for the first time. Last year some 2,800 cities in 54 countries participated in the event. The commerce ministry, […]

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