Free public transport in Budapest on European Car Free Day

By: Hungary Around the Clock
2006-09-12 09:51

Everyone can ride public transport for free in Budapest on September 22, the European Car-free Day, mayor Gábor Demszky announced on Monday.

 

Andrássy út will be closed to car traffic all day long on September 17 and 22 to show the general public that it is in the common interest to make Budapest a liveable city with fewer cars on its streets, he proclaimed.

 

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