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Leave your car at home on national Car Free Day and have a free breakfast on us.
We're gearing up for Car Free Day
August 27, 2008NewsLeave your car at home on national Car Free Day and have a free breakfast on us.
The event, on 22 September, is part of European Mobility Week (16-22 September) and aims to encourage people onto public transport, bicycles or to walk.
As well as saving money, being car free is the greener and healthier way to get to work.
As an added incentive for Strathclyde residents to leave their vehicles at home, we're offering a free breakfast for travellers on our Subway network.
Passengers boarding at Buchanan Street, Shields Road, St Enoch or Kelvinbridge stations between 07:00 and 09:00 on 22 September will be offered a goodie-bag.
It will contain products and vouchers from event sponsors MacB fruit-flavoured drinks, Stoats porridge oat bars, Bradford bakers, James Mackie fresh fruit supplier, Subway sandwiches and Greggs bakers.
The free gifts will be given out at Fuelling Stations set up at these locations - with information about switching to public transport on hand.
There will also be a carnival atmosphere in stations with upbeat morning songs from live performers to brighten up the daily commute.
SPT Chair Alistair Watson said: "We really want to drive home the message that public transport is safer, more reliable, cheaper, cleaner and greener than using a car - not to mention less stressful.
"Public transport offers the opportunity to sit back and enjoy a good read, rather than sitting frustrated in gridlocked traffic or searching for parking spaces.
"Our free breakfast will no doubt encourage commuters onto the Subway during Car Free Day - but we want the people of Strathclyde to see public transport as a long-term option and make a total switch away from car use.
"With modern-day concerns like rising fuel costs, the credit crunch and global warming there's never been a better time to make the change."
For those passengers who need to drive part of the way to work, we offer Park and Ride facilities at Kelvinbridge, Shields Road and Bridge Street Subway stations.
