http://www.carfreeportland.org Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:03:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Presentations from the 2008 Carfree Cities Conference are available online. Visit the Program page to learn more or click here for the list of available presentations. http://www.carfreeportland.org/2008/07/06/presentations-available/ If you'll be in town for Towards Carfree Cities, chances are you've heard that Portland is the best biking city in the USA. You could take this for granted...or you could get on a bike and see for yourself. Check out our Getting Around Portland guide for tips on renting, ... http://www.carfreeportland.org/2008/06/10/biking-in-portland/ What better way to get to Portland than the scenic and greenhouse gas-virtuous train? Well taking the Amtrak Cascade train to Portland just got even better with a 19% discount code (good through August 2008). The Cascade line has direct service North from Eugene Oregon, and direct service ... http://www.carfreeportland.org/2008/05/31/the-train-to-portland-just-got-better/ Join us on public day and share your ideas, products and services with 1,000 carfree-minded people from Portland and around the world. For information on how to reserve a vendor table, please call 503.516.2628 or email Amanda Weiman. http://www.carfreeportland.org/2008/04/30/calling-all-carfree-minded-vendors/ Portland will celebrate its first ever ciclovia-style street closure on June 22, 2008. The proposed route will close six miles of streets for Portlanders to walk, bike, run, stroll, and roller blade along the route to activities in the parks as well as to nearby shops and businesses in ... http://www.carfreeportland.org/2007/12/22/sunday-parkways/ The Towards Carfree Cities conference series brings together people from around the world who work to promote practical alternatives to car dependence. The conference attracts professionals, advocates, and community leaders who focus on the creation of sustainable transportation systems and on the transformation of cities, towns, and villages into human-scaled ... http://www.carfreeportland.org/2007/09/29/announcement-towards-carfree-cities-viii-rediscovering-proximity/