Despite being a recently-licensed driver (I passed my road test on February 5th!) I am a big proponent of alternative means of transportation. Now that I have my license people keep asking me when I’m going to buy a car and my answer is “Not anytime soon!” We live downtown, have UPasses to get to school, and can walk or bus to pretty much anything we need. On the rare occasion when we do need a car we can always rent one. Unfortunately as a new driver I can’t join the car co-op just yet, but I’ve heard rumours that their rules may be changing soon.

Anyhow, given my views on the subject I was excited to discover that one of my good friends is co-chairing the West End Car Free Festival, planned for this summer on Denman Street. It’s part of the first annual Car Free Vancouver Day happening on June 15th, 2008.

There will be five sites in total: Cambie Street, Commercial Drive, Kitsilano, Main Street, Marpole, West End. They’re currently looking for volunteers for all sites, so if you’d like to get involved check out the details here.