Roughly a quarter of a million people took to Vancouver streets yesterday when various neighbourhoods closed off some roads to traffic of the four-wheeled kind to welcome the two-footed kind.
Car Free Day, a celebration of public space first held on Commercial Drive five years ago, has grown to five locations.
Becky Severy, a single mother who came all the way from Coquitlam with her son, attended Car Free Day in the West End. She said she wishes her community also had a similar celebration.
“The closest one is on Commercial, but I like it down here (Denman Street). It has more of a family feel to it.”
The festival attracted a wide range of people and included various demonstrations and a life-sized chess board.
Severy said only one thing was missing.
“Last year they had dance lessons.”
