Credit: Photo via Walkbiketampa/Facebook
It’s not hyperbolic to say that Tampa Bay is one of America’s most dangerous places to be a pedestrian or bicyclist. But for at least a day, walkers and pedal-pushers might not have to constantly look over their shoulders for that person driving while reading the lyrics to a song on their Spotify app.

Tampa and St. Pete are among about 2,000 cities participating in World-Car Free Day, and organizers in Tampa hope that participants on its nearly five-mile route from Midtown to Ybor City will have plenty of company (St. Pete organizers will extoll the virtues of the holiday at Green Bench Brewing Co. on Friday night). Saturday’s festivities in Tampa include prizes, mural tours, vendor booths and more.

There’s no cost to participate in World Car-Free Day happening at Midtown, Centennial Park in Ybor City and downtown Tampa on Saturday, Sept. 23.

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This article appears in Sep 14-20, 2023.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...