Dear editor,I would like to commend city council on supporting Car Free Sunday.It really was a pleasure seeing all the people on the street, even for just four hours. There was a ton of small children on their bikes, teenagers on their skateboards and people walking their dogs up and down Fifth, up and down Fitzgerald.There was a lot of smiling faces. And the gods smiled down on us also as the downpour stopped and the sun came out on cue.This was also a learning experience but with a longer planning time, more co-ordination with city officials and even more publicity it could be an awesome event. Block parties, road hockey tournaments, roving musicians and vendors. Lots of possibilities.I was a volunteer traffic person at Sixth and Fitzgerald for part of the day. Most people in cars were pretty good, once we explained what was happening and/or explaining alternate routes.A few drivers were irate and I am sure there will be one or two letters to the papers about how they were inconvenienced by having to detour a couple of blocks. Balanced against the hundreds of happy citizens participating in the first ever Car Free Sunday I think Courtenay is a better place for it.Andrew Gower, Nancy Hofer, Coun. Leonard and all the other organizers and volunteers deserve our thanks but I wanted to thank Mayor Greg Phelps for supporting this — the first, but not last — Car Free Sunday.Brian Charlton,Comox Valley