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CarFree Galveston

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September 22nd, 2008
Galveston Railroad Museum (Strand @ 25th Street)
FREE ADMISSION

New International Event Coming To Galveston

Get out of your cars and onto your bike, feet, trolley or bus because World CarFree Day is on the way! On Galveston Island, we’re having a party at the Galveston Railroad Museum from 11am to 1pm. Island Transit will offer free bus and trolley transportation throughout the day! The Trolley service will be more frequent to allow easy access around downtown to the Railroad Museum.

There will be music, food, and fun including a celebration of the winners of a week-long CarFree Challenge. Be dazzled by velocouture, see artist renderings of Galveston’s future downtown transit terminal, find out about the upcoming commuter rail connection and park-and-ride service to the mainland, see an exhibit of Galveston’s proposed bike lanes, and get up-close-and-personal with subscription sharing of electric bikes, scooters, Zipcars and other exciting ways to kick the car habit.

But the main reason to celebrate CarFree Day is that kicking the car-habit will improve quality of life and increase economic vitality.

Going CarFree:

  • Increases foot traffic that is essential to the success of storefront businesses:
  • Reduces our waistline;
  • Relieves the stresses of traffic congestion, parking hassles, and engine malfunctions;
  • Increases the opportunity of getting to know our neighborhoods and neighbors; and
  • Enhances an attractive, safe, and historic Galveston streetscape.


CarFree Day Galveston is sponsored by the Historic Downtown Galveston Partnership, the City of Galveston, Island Transit, and The Goodman Corporation.

Join with your friends and neighbors to invent a future with cleaner air, better health, and greater economic vitality. Come to the party! Go CarFree!

Find out more information on how to participate as a sponsor, vendor, or guest by visiting , or contact Lesley Sommer at 409-763-7080.


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