Singaporeans frolic, cycle and do yoga on first car-free Sunday
SINGAPORE -- The island state had its first car-free Sunday event, and it looks like people who attended had a blast.
For several hours on Sunday morning, the country's central business district had a rare moment of peace without traffic plying the roads. A 4.7km circuit of roads was closed off, and there were activities and food trucks all over the plush greenery in the city.
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The government says the stretch will be car-free on the last Sunday of the month for the next six months, before it decides to continue with the campaign or expand it to cover a larger area.
The day kicked off at 7am and ended at noon, which some attendees said was too early for a carnival-like event to conclude.
People did yoga and worked out on the lawns outside national monuments
Several thousand cyclists and joggers took over the roads
There was frolicking on the greenery
There was much nomming
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Victoria Ho is Mashable's Asia Editor, based in Singapore. She previously reported on news and tech at The Business Times, TechCrunch and ZDNet. When she isn't writing, she's making music with her band
