Pollution: a Car-Free Day for the Ochre City

The "Mawarid" association for the environment and energy is organising a "Car-Free Day" in Marrakech this Sunday with a view to offering a breath of fresh air to the locals and contributing to the building of a Morocco that aims to be environmentally friendly.The Ochre City is suffocating under the weight of a vehicle fleet which, according to the latest estimates, numbers some 150,000 vehicles, in addition to nearly 200,000 motorised two-wheelers, 85,000 bicycles, 3,500 taxis, 200 buses, 150 horse-drawn carriages, and 1,500 carts."The persistent pollution that plagues Marrakech forces us today to consider other means of transport that would limit pollution and cleanse the ambient air of the toxic gases we breathe every day." The formula is signed by the activists of the "Mawarid" association, who do not fail to point out that "the bicycle now represents an adequate alternative on an ec…