Towards Carfree Cities VIII - Portland

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Portland, Oregon (USA) - 2008

TOWARDS CARFREE CITIES VIII:
Rethinking Mobility, Rediscovering Proximity
Portland, Oregon, USA
June 16-20, 2008

Towards Carfree Cities made its North American debut in Portland, Oregon from June 16 - 20, 2008. The theme was "Rethinking Mobility, Rediscovering Proximity". Please also visit the conference website at carfreeportland.org.


Photo courtesy of Paul Adkins (Bike Friday)

Schedule:
Monday, June 16: Depaving project
Tuesday, June 17: Public Day and Carfree Art Show opening at City Hall
Wednesday, June 18: Movie Night
Thursday, June 19: Square Dance in the street
Friday, June 20: WCN Annual General Meeting

Sunday, June 22: Sunday Parkways, the City of Portland's inaugural ciclovia street closure

The conference coincided with Pedalpalooza, Portland's annual three-week long celebration of bicycling.

For further information:
Conference website: carfreeportland.org
Media enquiries:
For general information:

The conference was co-hosted by:
World Carfree Network
Shift
Carfree City USA
Portland State University
City of Portland

Our media sponsor was bikeportland.org

Portland links:

• BBC: "Where the Car Is Not King"
• Portland Bike Blog: "Proximity Is Key to Our Future"
• Streetfilm about Portland
• Shift (the main conference host)
• Video featuring conference coordinator Elly Blue

Conference presentations can be found at Carfreeportland.org.

Previous conferences

Please see the conference archive, containing photos, videos, news coverage and the presentations.

 
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