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As part of International Car Free Day, organized in Toronto by Streets are for People, participants took over parking spaces along Queen Street West on Sunday and held concerts, played games, and generally had fun in their rented spots. The band Mr Something Something held a well-attended pedal-powered performance opposite Trinity Bellwoods Park. At 6 p.m., everyone joined together for a parade to Old City Hall, meeting up with the Bells on Bloor bikers at Spadina Avenue. At Queen and University, the parade circled the intersection, stopping traffic in all directions for about ten minutes before continuing on its way.

Even though tomorrow is World Car Free Day, Torontoist wants to warn those TTC virgins that sometimes the Better Way is not always the Better Smelling Way. Gawker just released a NYC Transit - Google map mash up of what each station smells like for their glorious Gotham. We suspect that if this kind of map were to be created for Toronto, the TTC would send out legal notices like it did poor local blogger Robot Johnny.

Walk, bike, or take transit, just leave your car out of it. Tomorrow is Car Free Day. The City has sort of turned around on not doing anything last year and this year a chunk of Yonge Street (Dundas to Shuter, around Dundas Sq.) will be car free for a couple of hours.

Due to gaping holes in St. George St. (Street George Saint, as the kids say) Street Beat has been denied a permit to hold a street festival on the University's campus on September 22nd. The fledgling street festival, a self-described "car free celebration", was created to address Toronto's failure to hold a meaningful Car Free Day in 2005. St. George Street was seen as a model pedestrian street with an abundance of food vendors,...

The April TTC Metropass now costs an extra dollar, but it could end up being worth a lot more - depending on where you shop. Sierra Club and Car Free Day are launching MAP: Metropass Affinity Program tomorrow, to counteract the bad news fare hikes. Several stores around Toronto will now offer discounts to Metropass holders. There's also information on the MAP's website on how to encourage your local store to get on board.

Torontoist applauds our civic leaders for their vision and steadfastness. We here at Torontoist know that truly great cities like truly great people don't follow trends and weather adversity.