2017 World Car-Free Day in Belarus

Belarus joined the European Mobility Week for the third time. The campaign ran from 16 to 22 September. This year it was held under the theme of clean, shared and intelligent mobility, as encapsulated by the slogan "Sharing gets you further". Taking part in the initiative in 2017 were Minsk, Novopolotsk, and Polotsk, nine towns for the second time (Baranovichi, Brest, Grodno, Molodechno, Nesvizh, Postavy, Pinsk, Soligorsk, and Chausy).

Urban residents of the Belarusian towns were encouraged to give up their cars, ride bicycles, use public transport and walk more during the campaign. The towns hosted public discussions on urban mobility, installed bike parking racks, estimated air and noise pollution, held bike races, joint information campaigns with the Belarusian traffic police, contests, concerts, and the like. The campaign wrapped up on 22 September with the traditional Car-Free Day under the slogan “The city as a space for people, a space for life.”