Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 62 - October 1999Back to list of articles in this issue

Lancaster Car Free Day

In the morning the road to the university was blockaded and all car drivers leafletted about a self run carshare scheme we've facilitated. No police turned up, except for one who happened to be driving by and expressed interest in car share. - Dinnertime saw a mobile zebra crossing action in town where residents are campaigning for a more permanent one. Pigs didn't like this and confiscated the crossing and threatened people with arrest which they didn't carry out.

Later on increasing numbers of people congregated in Market Square with carnival shenanigans ending up with about 40 people cycling, rollerblading, walking and wheelchairing. A critical mass which completely scuppered the one way system for over an hour - this also saw the unveiling of a cycle drawn hedgehog and various groovy new costumes . It wasn't everything we dreamed of but considering energy levels it was an important part of the process of building something permanent here.

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