Car Less Brit

“New additions to the Car Less Brit Experiment

Yesterday, I attended the preview of the Car Less Brit Museum, a funky ode to bike culture and the Car Less Brit himself in the old Angler’s Cafe space in downtown Roanoke. River says that the material inside reflects only a third of what will be there when the museum opens in three weeks, though it was an impressive third.

One of my favorites was a strip of sheet metal that ran along the base of the north wall, upon which was stenciled some of the critical comments River had received in the forums of a WDBJ7 story on the Car Less Roanoke party (”River is too skinny for US women” was one of the best).

In the context of all that River has achieved in the experiment, and what a cool endeavor the museum is and testament to some of the creative things Roanoke can foster, the comments were hilariously bitter.

Perhaps most exciting was a new addition to the Car Less Brit Experiment – Chris Howell, who is going Car Free With Kids. A teacher at Northside and mother of two who lives in Old Southwest she, like River, has vowed to go carless for six months. She’s already registered with RIDE Solutions for the Guaranteed Ride Home program (which I encourage you to do if you’re already car-lite or thinking of going carless yourself), and has started her own blog, http://roanokecarfreewithkids.wordpress.com/. Also like River, she’s hoping to show that an “ordinary person” (her description) can live without a car without extraordinary effort. We’ll be following her closely, of course.”

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posted on facebook by Jeremy Holmes, of RIDE Solutions, June 11, 2009.

‘a great summing up the Car Less Brit Experiment so far, leading in to the new era with the addition of Chris Howell joining the experiment and the opening of the Car Less Brit Museum.

(Guaranteed Ride Home program from Ride Solutions)