Coulee Bike To Work Week

Promoting healthy, safe and fun active commuting in the Coulee Region

You Are Invited

 

Transportation Liberation Roadshow

Save money! Save the planet! Save your sanity! by not driving

 

Tuesday, April 29, 7:30 pm

Main Library, 8th & Main, La Crosse

&

Thursday, May 8, 7:30 pm

Ward Room, Cartwright Center,

 UW-La Crosse

 

For more info: RoZ or Obbie,

608-782-6997

 

This is the story of a journey. It's a journey with many destinations, but the story is about how we became carfree. Obbie and RoZ have not owned a motorized vehicle for five years. They're gathering audiences to share the advantages of the carfree lifestyle and how we can all become less

car-dependent.

 

In this multimedia workshop, Obbie and RoZ describe the steps on their trail toward Transportation Liberation, and discuss a variety of  ideas on how to make driving optional. The program is punctuated by personal narratives, including sights and sounds. There are many examples of good and bad transportation methods witnessed during extensive research in North America and Europe.

 

Carfree living is a lifestyle choice that yields abundant rewards: freedom from the economic burdens of driving, improved physical and emotional well-being plus reduced noise and pollution. The traffic structures are gentler on the land and its citizens. Communities are brought closer together as people increasingly interact face-to-face, rather than from within steel shells. It becomes easier to connect with the natural world.

 

During ten years as a travelling campaigner for sustainable lifestyles, Obbie learned about transportation by experiencing nearly every major American city as a driver, bicyclist, and transit rider. Since RoZ joined him in 1993, they've sworn off car-dependece and have been carfree since 2003. They are based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where they are outspoken advocates for the rights of bicyclists and pedestrians, and for the types of community design that make carfree living both possible and pleasant.

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