“We have learned how to survive, now we really need to learn how to live.” –Gil Penalosa at the Carfree Conference last Tuesday I have finally gotten a chance to upload my audio recording of Gil Penalosa’s keynote address to the Towards Carfree Cities Conference at Portland State University last Tuesday. Penalosa’s speech and presentation … Read more
Hard at work in a street redesign workshop.Photo Gallery(Photos © J. Maus) After depaving a former parking lot in North Portland yesterday, the Towards Carfree Cities Conference marched on this morning at Portland State University. The first half of the program dealt with two topics of major interest to urban planners (and anyone interested in … Read more
PSU Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland Take Trimet (followed by Art Show and Reception at City Hall, 1221 SW 4th.) 9:00am – 9:00pm, keynote, presentations, and art show times at carfreeportland.org The Towards Carfree Cities Conference opens its door to the public for a free day to promote discussion of urban livability, … Read more
Former parking lot soon to be garden.(Photos © J. Maus) With car use in decline across the country, millions of urban acreage currently devoted to parking them will soon go fallow. What to do with all those parking lots? Depave them! The International Towards Carfree Cities conference kicked off this morning with a depaving event … Read more
League of American Bicyclists Executive Director Andy Clarke.(Photo © J. Maus) The eighth annual Towards Carfree Cities Conference is coming to Portland in less than a month (June 16-20) and organizers have lined up an impressive list of speakers, events, and workshops. The latest addition to the program is a keynote presentation by head honcho … Read more
National independent news program Democracy Now! stopped in Portland this morning and filmed a segment on Portland’s bike-friendliness. Show host Amy Goodman sat down and talked with BTA Executive Director Scott Bricker about how Portland became so bike-friendly and she asked transportation activist Elly Blue about the upcoming International Toward Carfree Cities conference which is … Read more
If you want to be part of the International Towards Carfree Cities Conference in Portland this summer (and who doesn’t!), don’t forget to take advantage of the early registration discount. By registering early for the four-day conference you can save as much as $110 off the price of admission. The program for the event includes … Read more
In case you haven’t heard, the international Towards Carfree Cities conference is headed to Portland this summer. Here’s a preview of their very cool logo design that will be sprouting up on posters and postcards throughout Portland soon…
“Rethinking Mobility, Rediscovering Proximity” This summer, Portland will host the eighth annual, international Towards Carfree Cities Conference. For the past several months, conference organizer Elly Blue and a dedicated volunteer crew have been working to solidify the program schedule, find sponsorships, and take care of the myriad tasks and tedium involved with hosting an event … Read more
As you might have already heard, in June of 2008 Portland will host an international conference on the future of urban transportation and livability, a.k.a., Towards Carfree Cities; Rethinking Mobility, Rediscovering Proximity. Conference organizer Elly Blue just released their call for program proposals. Check it out:
[A scene from Portland’s Car Free Days last September.] The city of Portland has been chosen to host the 2008 Towards Carfree Cities conference. The conference is a project of the World Carfree Network and it aims to “bring together people who are promoting practical alternatives to car dependence.” Portland will be the first U.S. … Read more
A group of Portland transportation activists are putting together a bid to try and persuade the World Carfree Network — the “hub of the global carfree movement” — that Portland would be an ideal place for their yearly conference, Towards Carfree Cities.
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