{"id":8792,"date":"2015-10-27T16:39:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T16:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=8792"},"modified":"2015-10-27T16:39:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T16:39:23","slug":"give-up-your-car-for-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/uncategorised\/give-up-your-car-for-one-day","title":{"rendered":"Give up your car for one day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Paris-style car free day will be introduced to Cardiff next year.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9052\" style=\"width: 1116px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9052\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic in Cardiff: &quot; Traffic will increase and inevitably air pollution deteriorate further if we do nothing&quot;\" width=\"1116\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9052\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic in Cardiff: &quot; Traffic will increase and inevitably air pollution deteriorate further if we do nothing&quot;\" width=\"1116\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image11-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Traffic in Cardiff: &#8221; Traffic will increase and inevitably air pollution deteriorate further if we do nothing&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0annual car\u00a0free day starting from 2016 proposal passed as Cardiff Council has voted on 22 October, with a result of 41 councilors vote for the motion, only 8 against and 14 abstentions.<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/image1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9106\" style=\"width: 392px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/cycle1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9106 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/cycle1.jpg\" alt=\"cycle\" width=\"392\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/cycle1.jpg 392w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/cycle1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9106 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/cycle1.jpg\" alt=\"cycle\" width=\"392\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/cycle1.jpg 392w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/cycle1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> &#8220;Traffic free days encourage people to cycle and walk&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The idea is to have no vehicles from the River Taff in the west to past the castle up Kingsway to the Civic center, encouraging people to walk or cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Cardiff Councilor Richard Cook who proposed this motion said, \u201cTraffic free streets will allow local residents to enjoy the city center in a pollution free, peaceful, fun and family friendly way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned the deterioration of Cardiff\u2019s air quality, especially nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollutant, which is relatively clean at the moment is also a reason to promote this motion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cWe need to take action now to stop Cardiff becoming like other cities who now ban vehicles completely on certain days to reduce air pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully this will encourage people to demand more car free days and maybe eventually lead to less vehicles in the city center.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff is going to embrace its own car free day like London, , 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