{"id":337110,"date":"2010-02-18T16:48:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T20:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"11519 at http:\/\/www.wri.org"},"modified":"2010-02-18T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T20:48:06","slug":"media-advisory-mumbais-first-car-free-day-to-be-co-sponsored-by-wris-embarq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/337110","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Mumbai’s First “Car Free Day” to be Co-Sponsored by WRI’s EMBARQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHAT:<\/strong> Residents, celebrities, cyclists, and government officials will take part in the first-ever Mumbai Car Free Day<\/a> this Sunday in India.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of a global movement to encourage motorists to enjoy physical activity and alternate forms of transportation, such as walking and cycling, in a safe, non-motorized, fuel-free environment. Other planned activities include yoga, cricket, dancing, skating, kite flying and musical performances. The event is modeled after initiatives like Bogot\u00e1\u2019s Ciclovia<\/a> and New York City\u2019s Summer Streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Member of Parliament Priya Dutt; Baba Siddique, a member of the legislative assembly; and members of the Bangalore Cycling Club are slated to attend. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and the Awaaz Foundation will conduct air and noise pollution studies before and after the event.<\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/strong> Sunday, February 21, 2010,
\n 7:00 a.m. \u2013 10:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong> Carter Road, Bandra-Khar, Mumbai
\n (from Caf\u00e9 Coffee Day to Otter’s Club)<\/p>\n

WHY:<\/strong> The event is organized by the Khar-Bandra-Santa Cruz (KBS) Foundation. EMBARQ<\/a> and its Mumbai-based partner, the Centre for Sustainable Transport in India, helped organize the event and will have booths, as will other corporate and non-profit partners. Reporters interested in interviewing a transport expert at the event may contact Madhav Pai, technical director at CST-India, at +(91) 9987548808 or mpai@wri.org<\/a>. For more general information about EMBARQ\u2019s work in India, please contact Erica Schlaikjer, EMBARQ\u2019s media relations coordinator, at +1(202) 729-7722 or eschlaikjer@wri.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RSVP:<\/strong> Find more details at: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mumbai-Car-Free-Day\/248020591215<\/a><\/p>\n

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WHAT: Residents, celebrities, cyclists, and government officials will take part in the first-ever Mumbai Car Free Day this Sunday in India. It\u2019s part of a global movement to encourage motorists to enjoy physical activity and alternate forms of transportation, such as walking and cycling, in a safe, non-motorized, fuel-free environment. Other planned activities include yoga, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}