POSTPONED: The "Drive Wal-Mart Away" Traffic Jam

Due to urgency of recent threats made by Wal-Mart, we have had to postpone this event. More information here.

Friends and neighbors, start your engines. On May 17, we're going to Drive Wal-Mart Away.

Register today to join in an RG4N event that will help put the brakes on the Wal-Mart Supercenter at Northcross.

Here’s the scoop: We’re organizing a traffic jam. Here's why:

• Wal-Mart and Lincoln say that Northcross Mall already pulls-in 8,000 cars per day. (Wrong!)
• They also say that their development would only add 7,000 more cars per day. (Wrong!)

In fact, other Austin Wal-Mart Supercenters pull-in as many as 22,000-28,000 cars per day. Our neighborhoods can’t handle that kind of traffic, and we’re going to prove it.

With Drive Wal-Mart Away, we will show how the massive level of traffic from the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter at Northcross Mall will:

• Overburden the City’s street system
• Endanger public safety
• Result in excessive vehicles per day on nearby streets

City of Austin code instructs City Council or city staff to deny a site plan for those reasons, so we must accomplish this event to drive the point home.

Register today to add your car to the traffic.

Want to Drive? Follow these Directions.

Click image to download map of driving routes.

1. Click here to download a “Maps and Routes” flyer. Choose a route to drive.

2. Scroll to the form below and register to drive in the Drive Wal-Mart Away traffic jam.

3. Decorate your car. You can use the "Mr. Smiley Face" page from "Maps and Routes" flyer you downloaded. Or be really creative! Use red balloons, red ribbon, or shoe polish. Suggested slogans for your car: "Drive Wal-Mart Away", "Put the brakes on Wal-Mart", "This traffic jam brought to you by Wal-Mart", and "Low prices aren't worth this traffic."

4. Enter the event via Burnet Road, Anderson Lane, Ohlen Road or Spicewood Springs at approximately 5:30 PM on May 17th. Exit via these routes too.

5. Drive your assigned route—in whichever direction you prefer.

6. Check the RG4N website on May 17 for any last minute updates.

After Drive Wal-Mart Away, go to one of the local restaurants and coffee houses and celebrate. (We’ll have a list of participating businesses online.)

We want pictures or video from Drive Wal-Mart Away. Send them to webmaster [at] rg4n [dot] org