Honestly, public transportation should be good enough to virtually eliminate cars anyway, but this idea St. Petersburg’s got going on will do for now.
Community members in the St. Pete 2050 Visioning Process spoke up, and Mayor Rick Kriseman (whose Bernie Sanders impersonation makes want to see him as the Democratic Socialist for Halloween) decided to shut down Central Avenue on Sunday. The event—which kicks cars off a 2-mile stretch of road between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street to 31st Street—goes from noon-5 p.m. in the Edge and Grand Central Districts. Folks are welcome to walk, rollerskate, bike and even bring those douchey one-wheels to the party (leave the golf carts, Slingshots and motorcycles at home, you clod).
You bet local businesses will be dishing out goodies to trick-or-treaters, too. Now, to work on reducing the number of evictions in the Sunshine City…
Halloween on Central. Sunday, Oct. 31. noon-5 p.m. Free. Central Avenue between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street to 31st Street. carfreestpete.com
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This article appears in Oct 28 – Nov 3, 2021.
