Auto-Free D.C. was a grass roots organization working to transform the metropolitan region's transportation system. We advocated elimination of the massive subsidies that encourage automobile use and their redirection to fund sustainable transportation projects: public transit, bicycling and pedestrian facilities. We were engaged in the fight against further development of the automobile infrastructure, especially new roads, highway expansions, and car garages. |
Towards these ends, AFDC sought to raise public awareness of the enormous social, economic, and environmental costs of driving. We conducted education campaigns, lobbied local elected officials and policy-makers, and took direct action when necessary. Auto-Free D.C. believed that we must end our forced dependence on the automobile as a precondition for achieving an environmentally sustainable, equitable, and livable community. |
See also the latest issue of the Critical Mass Times.
AUTO-FREE NEWS |
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Auto-Free News is now published quarterly by Auto-Free D.C. |
Editorial, Art & Production Staff: Chris Botkin, Bill Freese, Tim Lidiak, Chris Mancusi, Brenda Platt, Mark Robinowitz
Contributing writers: Web (abridged) version: Kevin Cole |