Early bird discount ends February 29th. Portland, Ore. Hosts International “Towards Carfree Cities” Conference in June 2008 Participants to discuss urban livability, sustainable transportation, and alternatives to private cars PORTLAND, Ore. (January 16, 2008)—The World Carfree Network, in collaboration with SHIFT, presents the Towards Carfree Cities conference series in Portland, Ore. on June 16-20, 2008.…

Via Planetizen: Every Sunday from 7am to 2pm, up to 2 million residents of Bogotá, Colombia enjoy over 70 miles of car-free streets. The event is called Ciclovía. StreetFilms brings you along for the ride. In September, StreetFilms videographer Clarence Eckerson traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to document that city’s remarkable Livable Streets movement. Accompanied by…

Greetings! In June of 2008 Portland, Oregon, USA will host an international conference on the future of urban transportation and livability. The eighth annual conference of the World Carfree Network is titled “Towards Carfree Cities: Rethinking Mobility, Rediscovering Proximity”. We are currently soliciting presenters from around the world on this theme and urge you and…

Via the SHIFT list, where this has engendered much discussion… Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) — China plans to ban cars from streets in 108 cities in its first ‘No Car Day’ on Sept. 22, part of an effort to promote environmental protection and ease congestion in the world’s second-largest auto market. Streets in areas of Beijing,…

“Toward Car Free Cities VIII” a world-wide conference on reducing auto-dependence has selected Portland as its 2008 venue (mid-June 2008). The local host is Shift (Shift your thinking to bikes), a member of the world carfree network [contrary to the name, the organization is not about the abolition of cars, just a reduction in reliance…