08 Sep Car Free Day
Car Free Day 2021 falls on 22 September – a commitment to champion traffic-free city centres and active travel in London, and in cities around the world. Car Free Day encourages London’s residents and commuters to consider both behavioural, and broader infrastructure changes, such as pedestrian priority, healthy and safer streets, increased cycling and walking, and to embrace regular car-free days.
The BID will be celebrating Car Free Day in Hammersmith with a range of cycling and e-scooter events, and our activities will be located on Hammersmith Bridge Road, in close proximity to the Bridge.
In partnership with Hammersmith and Fulham Council, we will be offering to our businesses:
- a Dr Bike session, where cyclists can receive a free maintenance check, with an additional free security log with Bike Register. Slots are available from 10am – 3pm. Sign up for Dr Bike here.
- e-scooter training with BikeWorks and TIER – 1pm to 3pm. Ever tried one of the rental eScooters from Tier? Interested in a trial – but want to find out more? Find out how to drive one safely, and dos and don’ts of eScooters on the road, in these free 30-minute guided sessions. You will receive a free foldable helmet and free rides after your taster session. Sign up for eScooter training here
- a ‘Green’ Guided Walking Tour with London Blue Badge Guide – 1 to 2pm. With one of our friendly guides, you’ll encounter an 18thC landscape gardener, a much-loved bridge, a pub popular with film makers, delightful riverside gardens, and a Stuart inventor. Come and enjoy your lunchtime away from the traffic. Sign up for the Walking Tour here.
- Cycle training and tours with Walk and Cycle London – 10 am to 3pm. If you are new to cycling, would like to try commuting but are a bit nervous; or would like a refresher on the Highway Code and negotiating traffic – this is for you. Join one of our cycling training sessions, or a guided tour through Hammersmith, and build up your confidence. Tours will be 11-12:30 and 1:30-3pm. Training is available throughout the event, so please sign up and pop in, even if just for 10 minutes! We have a small number of bikes available if you are keen to join but do not own a bike. Book for cycling training and tours here.
- Smoothie Bike with Bike Works, from 10am until 2pm – come and cycle for your FREE fruit smoothie! The perfect way to start the day, or a lunch time fruity kick, or to fuel all of the walking and cycling you’ll be doing!
- e-scooter training with Lime – 10am until 12:30pm. Just turn up on the day!
Our one last mile delivery service, Parcels not Pollution, will be in attendance and can answer any questions about free business deliveries within Hammersmith.
E-scooter and electric bike providers will showcase their vehicles and talk all things safety; and we will also be welcoming representatives from the Climate Change team at Hammersmith & Fulham Council.
Please register your interest for any of these events using the links above and we will send more details of time and venues for each. There will be FREE nibbles from Outsider Tart for businesses that sign up to any of the activities!
For any more information, please contact us here.