A complete list of conference and carfree Portland press coverage, blogging, and videography, is coming soon.
In the meantime, check out the continuing conference coverage on Portland’s main bike news source BikePortland.org (including audio of Gil Penalosa’s keynote speech — also available at BikeScape).

SF Bay Guardian city editor Steve Jones was in Portland for the conference: here is his coverage of the week’s events.

StreetFilms was out in force, producing on-the-spot a movie about our opening Depaving Day, another of the city’s Sunday Parkways event the following weekend, and more in the works.

And check out The Bikescape Podcast for unedited audio of several conference presentations.

More media coverage:

• FabricHorse (7/20/2008) “Carfree, The Way to Be”
• Apocalipse Motorizado (7/12/2008) “Maniacos Por Bicicletas”
• Verda Vivo (7/02/2008) “Depaving Paradise in Portland”
• BikeScape Podcast (7/02/2008) “The Battle for San Francisco”
• ElectionUnspun.org (Pacifica Radio) (6/30/2008) “A Look at Bicycling and Alternative Transportation”
• Apocalipse Motorizado (6/30/2008) “Uma Conferencia Sem Carros”
• GreenWheels (6/29/2008) “CarFree Conference: Sabin Green”
• GreenWheels (6/27/2008) “Towards Carfree Portland”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (6/26/2008) “Towards Carfree: Treasure Island as a Case Study”
• Plenty (6/25/2008) “New York City Goes Car Free”
• Willamette Week (6/25/2008) “First Gear: Will Portland Ever Have Another Carfree Blowout?”
• Worldchanging (6/24/2008) “Outside Ideas: Towards Carfree Cities Conference”
• BikePortland.org (6/23/2008) “Gil Penalosa’s Keynote Speech from the Carfree Conference”
• Bikescape Podcast (6/23/2008) “Depave a Parking Lot, Put Up a Paradise”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (6/23/2008) “Towards Carfree: Everybody Into the Streets!”
• CommissionerSam.org (6/23/2008) “Tearing It Up on Depaving Day”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (6/22/2008) “Towards Carfree: From Geeks to Freaks, a Look at Portland Bicycle Culture”
• Kent’s Bike Blog (6/22/2008) “Random Pictures and Thoughts from the Towards Carfree Cities Conference”
• BikePortland.org (6/20/2008) “‘Denying’ Use of Cars is ‘Evil’: How to Respond to a Carfree Naysayer”
• BikePortland.org (6/19/2008) “TriMet Unveils New Interactive Trip Planning Map”
• Momentum (6/19/2008) “Live Free or Drive”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (6/19/2008) “Towards Carfree: San Franciscans in the House”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (6/19/2008) “Towards Carfree Cities: Spreading the Word”
• Mobilidade Sem Fronteiras (6/19/2008) “Towards Carfree Cities VIII”
• Ciudad Para Humana (6/18/2008) “Towards Carfree Cities Conference”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (6/18/2008) “Towards Carfree Cities: ‘We’re Not Doing Enough’”
• BikePortland.org (6/18/2008) “A Look Inside New York City’s Burgeoning ‘Livable Streets Movement’”
• BikePortland.org (6/18/2008) “Penalosa Inspires, Gives Portland a Reality Check”
• Live PDX (6/18/2008) “Out with Cars! In with Bikes!”
• Pennywise and Poundfoolish (6/18/2008) “Towards Carfree Cities Conference”
• The Oregonian (6/17/2008) “This Sunday, It’s No Cars Allowed in North Portland”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (6/17/2008) “Towards Carfree: Depaving Day”
• Metropolis Magazine (6/17/2008) “Going Carfree”
• BikePortland.org (6/17/08) “Bike Culture Takes Over City Hall”
• BikePortland.org (6/17/08) “Bike League Will Launch Bicycle Friendly Business Program”
• BikePortland.org (6/17/08) “Families, Freeways Among Topics as Carfree Conference Kicks Off”
• Portland Mercury Blog (6/16/2008) “Carfree Dreams”
• PDX Green — The Oregonian (6/16/2008) “Eat Your Greens: Unpaving Portland With Picks, Frogs, and Jackhammers”
• Carectomy (6/16/2008) “Towards Carfree Cities Conference Kicks Off in Portland”
• BikePortland.org (6/16/2008) “Depaving Event Kicks Off Carfree Conference”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (6/16/2008) “Towards Carfree: Aboard a Portland-Bound Train”
• Oregon Public Broadcasting (6/16/2008) “Portland Hosting International Carfree Conference”

Lead-up coverage:

• Portland Tribune (06/12/2008) “Summit drives home reasons to curb cars”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (06/12/2008) “What is Carfree?”
• Activistas (6/12/2008) “Portland at the Center of a Car-Free Future”
• Platial News and Neogeography (06/11/2008) “Portland Bans Cars”
• About.com Guide to Portland, OR (06/11/2008) “Portland Without Cars”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (06/10/2008) “The bicyclist vs. the oil industry’s best friend”
• EcoMetro (06/10/2008) “The Naked & The Family-Friendly: June’s Biking Blitz in Portland”
• The Phoenix (06/10/2008) “Gas prices change consumer psyche”
• Cranky Fitness (06/10/2008) “Screaming lobsters living the car-free life”
• The Daily News Tribune (06/08/2008) “Imagine a world without automobiles”
• OregonCatalyst.com (05/31/2008) “Carfree Dreaming in Portland”
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (05/25/2008) “The Final Solution to $8 a Gallon Gas”
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (05/23/2008) “Driving to Death”
• BikePortland.org (05/23/2008) “Andy Clarke to Speak at Free Public Day of Carfree Conference”
• HealthNewsDigest.com (05/21/2008) “A Cure for High Gas Prices: ‘Carfree Cities’”
• GreenTech Pastures (05/20/1008) “Two green tech confabs coming up in early June”
• Capitol Hill Blue (05/20/2008) “A world without automobiles”
• Scripps Howard News Service (05/19/2008) “Imagining a World Minus Automobiles”
• Momentum (5/1/2008) “Towards Carfree Cities 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”

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, contact: Meghan Sinnott, 971 533 5235, meghan.sinnott@gmail.com