World Wide Fund for Nature of Russia appeal to all citizens to abandon their cars on 22^nd of September and go to work by public transport, by bicycle or on foot, RIA News was informed on Wednesday by the fund’s representative.

Car-free Day has been celebrated in Europe and some other regions of the world since mid 90s.

‘We carry out this campaign in Russia already for the third year. We believe that it is effective and important. To achieve success in city transport ecologization is the task for tens of years and only on condition that each of us take an active part in it’ – told Alexei Kniznikov, the manager of the program of WWF Russia in ecological policy of oil and gas section.

According to the figures of WWF Russia, automobile transport is the major air polluter in many cities of the world. For instance, in Moscow automobile transport’s share constitute over 94% of all anthropogenic polluting emissions.

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