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{{User sandbox}}[[User:TSK201911|Good day.]] ([[User talk:TSK201911|talk]]) 10:58, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
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This is a '''list of car-free islands''': [[List of islands by population|islands inhabited by humans]] which have legally restricted or eliminated vehicle traffic from their territories.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country !! Island
|-
|Australia
|[[Rottnest Island]]<ref>{{Cite web |last = |first = |date = 20 December 2022 |title = Travel Guide to Rottnest Island, WA - Tourism Australia |url = https://www.australia.com/en-ca/places/perth-and-surrounds/guide-to-rottnest-island.html |access-date = 25 December 2022 |website = Australia Tourism |language = en-CA }}</ref>
|-
|Belize
|[[Caye Caulker]]<ref>{{Cite web |last = Chanona |first = Carolee |date = 10 March 2022 |title = Caye Caulker: The Perfect Car-Free Destination If You're Over Driving On Vacation |url = https://caribbeanlifestyle.com/caye-caulker-belize-car-free-destination-to-vacation/ |access-date = 25 December 2022 |website = Caribbean Culture and Lifestyle |language = en-US }}</ref>
|-
|China
|[[Lamma Island]], Hong Kong<ref>{{Cite web |last = Dunn |first = Alice |date = 30 March 2022 |title = The joy of car-free islands |url = https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-joy-of-car-free-islands/ |access-date = 25 December 2022 |website = The Spectator |language = en-US }}</ref>
|-
| Croatia || [[Koločep]], [[Kornat]], [[Lopud]], [[Prvić]], [[Silba]], [[Sveti Klement]] and [[Zlarin]] islands<ref name="brouillard">{{cite book |last1 = Brouillard |first1 = Etienne |title = Îles de rêve sans voitures: 34 îles en Europe et 10 îles en France |date = 2014 |publisher = Hachette tourisme |location = Paris |isbn = 978-2-01-244069-2 |language = fr }}</ref><ref name="Robert">{{cite web |url = http://carfree.fr/index.php/2013/11/06/un-livre-sur-les-iles-sans-voitures/ |title = Îles sans voitures |first = Marcel |last = Robert |year = 2013 |quote = L'auteur présente cet ouvrage 22 îles : Houat, Hœdic, Sein, Aix, Frioul, Sercq, Molène, Batz, Bréhat, Juist, Hiddensee, Langeoog, Baltrum, Heligoland, Prvić, Zlarin, Hydra, Büyükada, Gulangyu, Mackinac, Lamu et Venise |website = carfree.fr |language = fr }}</ref>
|-
| Denmark || [[Bjørnø]] and [[Tunø]] islands<ref name="brouillard"/>
|-
| France || [[Île-d'Aix]]<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://carfree.fr/index.php/2012/05/04/lile-daix-sans-voitures/ |title = L'île d'Aix sans voitures |date = 4 May 2012 |website = carfree.fr |language = fr }}</ref>, [[Île de Porquerolles]] resort island<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Goodman |first1 = Lanie |title = Porquerolles: Paradise Isle off the Provençal Coast |url = https://francetoday.com/travel/paradise_isle/ |website = francetoday.com |date = 18 September 2012 |access-date = 8 June 2022 }}</ref>, [[Hoedic]], [[Houat]], [[Île-de-Bréhat]], [[Île-Molène]], [[Île de Sein]] in Bretagne<ref name="brouillard" /><ref name="Robert" /><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://carfree.fr/index.php/2012/04/30/lile-de-sein-sans-voitures/ |title = L'île de Sein sans voitures |date = 30 April 2012 |website = carfree.fr |language = fr }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://carfree.fr/index.php/2012/05/02/lile-de-brehat-sans-voitures/ |title = L'île de Bréhat sans voitures |date = 2 May 2012 |website = carfree.fr |language = fr }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://carfree.fr/index.php/2012/05/10/lile-dhoedic-sans-voitures/ |title = L'île d'Hoedic sans voitures |date = 10 May 2012 |website = carfree.fr |language = fr }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://carfree.fr/index.php/2012/05/08/lile-dhouat-sans-voitures/ |title = L'île d'Houat sans voitures |date = 8 May 2012 |website = carfree.fr |language = fr }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://carfree.fr/index.php/2012/04/26/lile-de-molene-sans-voitures/ |title = L'île de Molène sans voitures |date = 26 April 2012 |website = carfree.fr |language = fr }}</ref>, [[Archipel du Frioul]] archipelago, near Marseille<ref name="Robert" /><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://carfree.fr/index.php/2013/11/06/un-livre-sur-les-iles-sans-voitures/ |title = Un livre sur les îles sans voitures |first = Marcel |last = Robert |date = 6 November 2013 |website = carfree.fr |language = fr }}</ref>
|-
| France || [[Grande-Île (Normandy)|Grande-Île]], Île de Quéménès, [[Île Saint-Honorat]], [[Île Sainte-Marguerite]], [[Port-Cros]]<ref name="brouillard" />
|-
| Germany || [[Baltrum]], [[Gröde]], [[Hiddensee]], [[Neuwerk]], and [[Wangerooge]]<ref name="brouillard" /><ref name="Robert" />
|-
| [[Guernsey]] || [[Sark]]<ref name="brouillard"/>
|-
| Indonesia ||[[Siberut]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-first = K. N. |editor-last = Ninan |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=twP9zHud5ucC |title = Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges |publisher = Taylor & Francis |page = 117 |year = 2012 |isbn = 9781136569104 |via = Google Books }}</ref>
|-
| Italy || [[Marettimo]]<ref name="brouillard"/>, [[Isola dei Pescatori]]<ref name="brouillard"/>
|-
|Kenya
|[[Lamu Island]]<ref>{{Cite web |last = Hancock |first = Colin |last2 = Page |first2 = Thomas |date = 17 February 2016 |title = Lamu island, off coast of Kenya, has lots of history but no cars for visitors |url = https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/lamu-island-no-cars/index.html |access-date = 25 December 2022 |publisher = CNN |language = en }}</ref>
|-
| [[Malawi]] || Chizumulu<ref name="CQueDAAAQBAJ">{{cite book |first = Philip |last = Briggs |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CQueDAAAQBAJ |title = Malawi |publisher = Bradt Travel Guides |page = 271 |year = 2016 |isbn = 9781784770143 |via = Google Books }}</ref>
|-
| [[Mexico]]
| [[Tioman Island]]<ref>{{cite book |first1 = Holly |last1 = Hughes |first2 = Sylvie |last2 = Murphy |first3 = Alexis Lipsitz |last3 = Flippin |first4 = Julie |last4 = Duchaine |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ajhU1AAacUsC |title = Frommer's 500 Extraordinary Islands |publisher = Wiley |isbn = 0470500700 |page = 24 |year = 2010 |via = Google Books }}</ref>
|-
|Seychelles
|[[La Digue]]<ref>{{Cite web |date = 22 April 2022 |title = The island banned private vehicles: Plus, it has one of the world's most beautiful beaches |url = https://balkantimes.press/en/the-island-banned-private-vehicles-plus-it-has-one-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-beaches/ |access-date = 25 December 2022 |website = The Balkantimes Press |language = en-US }}</ref>
|-
| Sweden || [[Donsö]], [[Marstrand]], [[Styrsö]], [[Brännö]] and [[Vrångö]] islands<ref name="brouillard"/>
|-
| United Kingdom || [[Easdale]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.easdale.org/easdale/ |title = About Easdale: An Introduction to Easdale Island |work = easdale.org }}</ref> Shuna, South Rona and Tanera More<ref name="brouillard"/>
|-
| United States || [[Mackinac Island]] in Michigan.<ref name="Robert"/> Cars were initially banned from streets in July 1898.<ref>{{Cite web |last = Mackinac State Historic Parks |year = 1999 |title = Early Automobiles on Mackinac Island |url = http://www.hal.state.mi.us/mhc/autoshow/vehicles/mackauto.html |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112221837/http://www.hal.state.mi.us/mhc/autoshow/vehicles/mackauto.html |archive-date = 12 January 2012 |access-date = 14 January 2021 |publisher = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |quote = [T]he running of horseless carriages be prohibited within the limits of the village of Mackinac }}</ref> The use or possession of any motor vehicle is against the law, with very limited exceptions.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = City of Mackinac Island, Michigan |work = Code of Ordinances |title = §66.33, et seq. |url = https://library.municode.com/mi/mackinac_island/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH66TR_ARTIIMOVE_DIV1GE_S66-33CO }}</ref> In rare cases, vehicles are permitted to be transported to and operated on the island.<ref>{{Cite news |last = Huschka |first = Amy |date = 23 September 2019 |title = Shepler's Ferry responds to Mike Pence motorcade backlash: 'Exceptions always exist' |work = Detroit Free Press |url = https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/09/23/sheplers-ferry-mackinac-island-cars-mike-pence/2418550001/ |access-date = 14 January 2021 }}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Carfree city]]
* [[Car-free movement]]
* [[Low Traffic Neighbourhood]]
* [[Pedestrian zone]]
** [[List of pedestrian zones]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* Touropia, [https://www.touropia.com/laid-back-islands-without-cars/ ''10 Laid-back Islands without Cars''], 17 December 2022
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[[:Category:Transport lists]]
[[:Category:Car-related lists]]
[[:Category:Lists of populated places|Car-free places]]

Latest revision as of 19:19, 29 January 2023

Lamu Island, Kenya
Caye Caulker, Belize
Bjørnø, Denmark

This is a list of car-free islands: islands inhabited by humans which have legally restricted or eliminated vehicle traffic from their territories.

Country Island
Australia Rottnest Island[1]
Belize Caye Caulker[2]
China Lamma Island, Hong Kong[3]
Croatia Koločep, Kornat, Lopud, Prvić, Silba, Sveti Klement and Zlarin islands[4][5]
Denmark Bjørnø and Tunø islands[4]
France Île-d'Aix[6], Île de Porquerolles resort island[7], Hoedic, Houat, Île-de-Bréhat, Île-Molène, Île de Sein in Bretagne[4][5][8][9][10][11][12], Archipel du Frioul archipelago, near Marseille[5][13]
France Grande-Île, Île de Quéménès, Île Saint-Honorat, Île Sainte-Marguerite, Port-Cros[4]
Germany Baltrum, Gröde, Hiddensee, Neuwerk, and Wangerooge[4][5]
Guernsey Sark[4]
Indonesia Siberut[14]
Italy Marettimo[4], Isola dei Pescatori[4]
Kenya Lamu Island[15]
Malawi Chizumulu[16]
Mexico Tioman Island[17]
Seychelles La Digue[18]
Sweden Donsö, Marstrand, Styrsö, Brännö and Vrångö islands[4]
United Kingdom Easdale,[19] Shuna, South Rona and Tanera More[4]
United States Mackinac Island in Michigan.[5] Cars were initially banned from streets in July 1898.[20] The use or possession of any motor vehicle is against the law, with very limited exceptions.[21] In rare cases, vehicles are permitted to be transported to and operated on the island.[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Travel Guide to Rottnest Island, WA - Tourism Australia". Australia Tourism. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ Chanona, Carolee (10 March 2022). "Caye Caulker: The Perfect Car-Free Destination If You're Over Driving On Vacation". Caribbean Culture and Lifestyle. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ Dunn, Alice (30 March 2022). "The joy of car-free islands". The Spectator. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Brouillard, Etienne (2014). Îles de rêve sans voitures: 34 îles en Europe et 10 îles en France (in French). Paris: Hachette tourisme. ISBN 978-2-01-244069-2.
  5. ^ a b c d e Robert, Marcel (2013). "Îles sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French). L'auteur présente cet ouvrage 22 îles : Houat, Hœdic, Sein, Aix, Frioul, Sercq, Molène, Batz, Bréhat, Juist, Hiddensee, Langeoog, Baltrum, Heligoland, Prvić, Zlarin, Hydra, Büyükada, Gulangyu, Mackinac, Lamu et Venise
  6. ^ "L'île d'Aix sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French). 4 May 2012.
  7. ^ Goodman, Lanie (18 September 2012). "Porquerolles: Paradise Isle off the Provençal Coast". francetoday.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  8. ^ "L'île de Sein sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French). 30 April 2012.
  9. ^ "L'île de Bréhat sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French). 2 May 2012.
  10. ^ "L'île d'Hoedic sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French). 10 May 2012.
  11. ^ "L'île d'Houat sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French). 8 May 2012.
  12. ^ "L'île de Molène sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French). 26 April 2012.
  13. ^ Robert, Marcel (6 November 2013). "Un livre sur les îles sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French).
  14. ^ Ninan, K. N., ed. (2012). Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges. Taylor & Francis. p. 117. ISBN 9781136569104 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Hancock, Colin; Page, Thomas (17 February 2016). "Lamu island, off coast of Kenya, has lots of history but no cars for visitors". CNN. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  16. ^ Briggs, Philip (2016). Malawi. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 271. ISBN 9781784770143 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ Hughes, Holly; Murphy, Sylvie; Flippin, Alexis Lipsitz; Duchaine, Julie (2010). Frommer's 500 Extraordinary Islands. Wiley. p. 24. ISBN 0470500700 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ "The island banned private vehicles: Plus, it has one of the world's most beautiful beaches". The Balkantimes Press. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  19. ^ "About Easdale: An Introduction to Easdale Island". easdale.org.
  20. ^ Mackinac State Historic Parks (1999). "Early Automobiles on Mackinac Island". Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2021. [T]he running of horseless carriages be prohibited within the limits of the village of Mackinac
  21. ^ "§66.33, et seq". Code of Ordinances. City of Mackinac Island, Michigan.
  22. ^ Huschka, Amy (23 September 2019). "Shepler's Ferry responds to Mike Pence motorcade backlash: 'Exceptions always exist'". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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