Have you signed up to participate in Car Free Day yet? The big day is tomorrow, but as of this writing only 4,759 people have pledged to reduce or eliminate their car use for one day, well short of the 5,445 the event logged last year. You can find the Car Free Day online pledge form here. And don’t forget that from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., F Street NW between 7th and 8th…

Tuesday, Sept. 22 will mark this year’s Car Free Day, and organizers in the D.C. Metro area are hoping to exceed the number of pledges they get from last year’s total number of participants, which came in at 5,445. All you have to do head to this page and fill out the electronic pledge form, which commits you to eliminating or reducing your driving on Sept. 22. A number of special events will mark…

D.C. Council members Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) and Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) and District Office of Planning director Harriet Tregoning met with reporters this afternoon at a miniature street festival designed to highlight today’s Car Free Day event. F Street NW between 9th and 8th will continue to be closed to motor vehicle traffic until about 3 p.m. while vendors meet with residents to promote various businesses that can help D.C. residents live in…

With the weather cooling down, gas prices remaining high and the District still reveling in having been named the most improved bicycling city in the country, there’s plenty of two-wheel action going on through the month of September. On September 21, downtown D.C. will see some of the country’s best professional cyclists battle it out in the ING Direct Capital Criterium. Sure, most of us won’t get to ride the 1 km course, but watching…

Do you have the option of taking public transportation or riding a bike to work, but still choose to drive for personal reasons? The D.C. Council is asking people like you to pledge to give up your car for just one day tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 18, for its first annual Car Free D.C. Day. If you’d like to take the Car Free Pledge, head over to Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells’ site to sign…

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty may be seen by his constituency as young, technologically savvy and constantly making personal appearances at even the smallest neighborhood events. But unlike his pal up in New York, rarely can he be seen riding public transportation, preferring to be whisked around town in his big, black Lincoln Navigator. And we’re willing to concede that it probably makes more sense for the most part, seeing as how Fenty needs to…