Car-Free Day 2025

Car-Free Day is on September 22, 2025 - an annual international event promoting sustainable transportation to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality. The NYSDOT Statewide Mobility Services (SMS) team partners with universities, employers, and organizations across New York State to raise awareness through in-person events and messaging, encouraging individuals to pledge to go car-free or car-lite by using alternatives like carpooling, walking, biking, and or public transit. 
The Statewide Mobility Services Program can assist you in:

Organizations and Program Partners 

  • Setting up an internal Transportation Committee 
  • Hosting a Car-Free Day campaign at your organization, such as provision of flyers, online pledge forms, social media posts, and more 
  • Collecting commuter feedback to inform organizational transportation or mobility strategies 
  • Developing an organization's transportation or mobility plan 
  • Developing long-term sustainable transportation programs, such as a bike-borrow, bike-bus, carpool, or vanpool program  

Members and Individuals 

  • Exploring sustainable transportation options like carpools, biking resources, and transit trip planners
  • Connecting with local organizations committed to sustainable transportation 

Take Action This Car-Free Day

Do you want to host a Car-Free Day pledge for your organization? As in years past, we are hosting an online pledge form that employees, students, and others in your organization can use to indicate their participation. Following the conclusion of Car-Free Day, we can also provide your organization with a summary of the number of pledges and actions pledged.

Please contact us at info@511NYRideshare.org 
 

Current Pledge Count:

Take action by pledging to participate in one or more environmentally-conscious activities. To participate, take the pledge, and then go car-free or car-lite on September 22 by riding a bus, subway, ferry, or train, carpooling, biking, walking, combining trips, driving an electric vehicle, or teleworking – it's that easy!