Press Room
Interested in writing about the conference? Download our helpful press kit:
- Press Release [PDF]
- Conference Fact Sheet [PDF]
- Transportation Fact Sheet [PDF]
- Event Contact Sheet [PDF]
- Conference Poster [tif]
- Photo 1: Bridge Pedal [jpg]
- Photo 2: Jamison Park [jpg]
- Photo 3: Kids on Tandem [jpg]
- Photo 4: Portland Streetcar [jpg]
- Photo 5: Farmers Market [jpg]
- Photo 6: Gil Penalosa [jpg]
- Photo 7: Handmade Totes [jpg]
For more information, or to obtain a press pass for the conference, contact: Meghan Sinnott, 971 533 5235, meghan.sinnott@gmail.com
What the media are saying about the conference:
- EcoSpace (04/24/2008) “The Worldwide Car-Free Movement”
- Democracy Now (04/15/2008) “Portland Considered Most Bicycle-Friendly City in North America”
- New Mobilities (03/07/2008) “Carfree Cities Conference”
- Carfree USA (03/06/2008) “Portland to Host World Carfree Conference in June 2008″
- Los Angeles Times (03/06/2008) “A.M. Greenlist: Saving gas money”
- Carfree France (03/03/2008) “Vers des Villes Sans Voitures 2008″
- World Changing (03/03/2008) “Carfree Cities Conference”
- KBOO Community Radio (03/12/2008) “A conversation with 2 organizers of the Towards Carfree Cities conference which Portland hosts in June”
- Urban Indy (1/25/2008) “Randomly Miscellaneous”
- Streetsblog (1/24/2008) “Carfree Cities Conference Comes to Portland”
- Pearl District: Neighborhood Notes (01/19/2008) “World Carfree Conference Coming to Portland”
- Bicycle Transportation Alliance (01/17/2008) “International Car Free Conference Coming to Portland”
- Bike Portland (12/06/2007) “City Hall will host carfree-themed art exhibit”
- Carfree Times (11/10/2007) “Towards Carfree Cities”
- Cascadia Rising (11/19/2007) “Towards Carfree Cities”
- Cascadia Region - Green Building Council (11/15/2007) “Towards Carfree Cities VIII - Call for Proposals”
- Bike Portland (09/06/2007) “PDOT reveals potential route, details of Sunday Parkways”
- Portland Transport (05/11/2007) “Toward Car Free Cities Heads Toward Portland”
- Oregonian (04/27/2007) “City of Roses Picked to Host International “Car-Free” Conference
- Bike Portland (02/25/2007) “Portland Picked to Host World Carfree Conference”





