Parisar was involved in organizing a cycle rally to celebrate World Car Free Day 2008. As part of this, cyclists began at four different locations in the city - Camp, Shaniwar Wada, Aundh and Kothrud - and converged to a central location at Sambhaji Park. About 150 cyclists and representatives of various citizen's groups participated in the event.
Pune's Municipal Commissioner Mr. Praveensingh Pardeshi and the Deputy Commissioner of Poice (Traffic), Mr. Manoj Patil, also participated in the event. Two special guests at the event were Dario Hidalgo and Madhav Pai of Embarq. More details about Car Free Day 2008 can be found here.
