If, like several of us, you have made the decision to live without a car, you have probably experienced the same mixture of amusement and frustration at organisations who assume everyone drives, or people who simply don't understand how it's possible to live happily without owning a car. Have you ever felt it would be good to mix with people who do understand?

That's one reason why a few of us have decided to set up Carfree Bristol. Our first aim is strictly social - to bring carfree people together. What if your partner has a car but you don't? What if you are driving one at the moment but are aiming to give it up? Whatever your circumstances, we aren't proposing any specific membership criteria. If you support the aims of the group, you are welcome.

Our longer-term aims are a bit more challenging:

•To provide a forum for people who live without a car
•To support the creation of local carfree groups
•To promote carfree living

To campaign for:

•public bodies to make life easier for people without cars
•removing traffic from cities and neighbourhoods
•new carfree neighbourhoods

To campaign against:

•decisions which make life difficult for people without cars - like siting public buildings, or holding events in places difficult to get to without a car.