20th Sep 2008

Greens support Car-Free Day

County Council must make it easier for everyone to leave their car at home

Local Green activists this week got on their bikes to join in with the national 'In Town Without My Car' day. The day was part of European Mobility Week.*

Local candidate Simon Grover remarked: "I welcome this special day as a chance to celebrate and promote cycling in St Albans.

"Cycling helps us beat rocketing fuel prices, and it improves health too. And every car left at home is another load of CO2 and noxious gases kept out of the air and environment, improving the air quality for the whole community.

"However, the county council should be making it easier for us to abandon our cars for the other 364 days of the year. For that to happen, we need massive investment in cycling programmes and in cheap, clean and safe public transport for the whole of the county. Electing more Greens onto Herts County Council can help us make the kinds of changes we need."

• For more on European Mobility Week click here