The
World Carfree Network is an international network that coordinates the actions of car-free advocates from around the world. It is the main hub of the global
car-free movementThe car-free movement is a broad, informal, emergent network of individuals and organizations including social activists, urban planners and others brought together by a shared belief that cars are too dominant in most modern cities...
. World Carfree Network brings together roughly 90 member organisations and many more individuals dedicated to promoting alternatives to car dependence and automobile-based planning at the international level. All the while, working to reduce the human impact on the natural environment while improving the quality of life for all are major goals.
The network grew out of the activities of Car Busters, an international organisation within the carfree movement founded in 1997.
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The
World Carfree Network is an international network that coordinates the actions of car-free advocates from around the world. It is the main hub of the global
car-free movementThe car-free movement is a broad, informal, emergent network of individuals and organizations including social activists, urban planners and others brought together by a shared belief that cars are too dominant in most modern cities...
. World Carfree Network brings together roughly 90 member organisations and many more individuals dedicated to promoting alternatives to car dependence and automobile-based planning at the international level. All the while, working to reduce the human impact on the natural environment while improving the quality of life for all are major goals.
History
The network grew out of the activities of Car Busters, an international organisation within the carfree movement founded in 1997. The name Car Busters continues to be used in its joined spelling for
Carbusters MagazineCarbusters is a quarterly magazine focusing on sustainable transportation and the car-free movement. The magazine was founded in 1998 in Prague, Czech Republic where its headquarters remain. It is a 32-page magazine in English with an international distribution. Carbusters is under the umbrella...
. Carbusters Magazine celebrated ten years of existence in 2008.
The
Towards Carfree Cities conference series is one of the principal activities every year in the network. The conference has been held so far eight times and on three different continents:
- Towards Carfree Cities I: October 26-November 1, 1997 - Lyon
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, France
- Towards Carfree Cities II: April 10-15, 2000 - Timisoara
Timişoara , also known as "The City of Athletes", is a city in the Banat region of western Romania...
, Romania
- Towards Carfree Cities III: March 17-22, 2003 - Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Nicknames for Prague have included "the mother of cities" , "city of a hundred spires", or Stověžatá Praha in Czech and "the golden city" or Zlaté město in Czech.Situated on the River Vltava in central Bohemia, Prague has been the...
, Czech Republic
- Towards Carfree Cities IV: July 19-24, 2004 - Berlin
Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
- Towards Carfree Cities V: July 18-22, 2005 - Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. In 2009, Budapest had 1,712,210 inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s...
, Hungary
- Towards Carfree Cities VI: September 20-24, 2006 - Bogotá
Bogotá – officially named Bogotá, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá – is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants...
, Colombia
- Towards Carfree Cities VII: August 27-31, 2007 - Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and fifth largest city proper in the world with a population of 12.6 million. Istanbul is also a megacity, as well as the cultural and financial centre of Turkey. The city covers 39 districts of the Istanbul province...
, Turkey
- Towards Carfree Cities VIII: June 16-20, 2008, Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the state of Oregon. As of July 2008, it has an estimated population of 575,930, making it the 29th most populous in the United States. It has been referred to as the most...
, USA
- Towards Carfree Cities IX: tba
Activities
The network runs many projects and activities. Some of these are run by the network's International Coordination Centre (ICC). Others are coordinated in a decentralised manner by network members. Others still, such as the Towards Carfree Cities conference series, function by consensus between a project coordinator at the ICC and one or more local partners.
- World Carfree News monthly e-bulletin
- Carbusters Magazine
Carbusters is a quarterly magazine focusing on sustainable transportation and the car-free movement. The magazine was founded in 1998 in Prague, Czech Republic where its headquarters remain. It is a 32-page magazine in English with an international distribution. Carbusters is under the umbrella...
- World Carfree Day coordination and resources
- Towards Carfree Cities conference series
- World Carfree Network Resource Centre
- Carfree Green Pages online directory
- International Youth Exchanges (on irregular basis)
- Ecotopia Biketour coordination assistance
- Visegrad Publications Project (Central Europe)
- Autoholics Anonymous (UK)
- Carfree_Network discussion list
Its International Coordination Centre is located in
PraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Nicknames for Prague have included "the mother of cities" , "city of a hundred spires", or Stověžatá Praha in Czech and "the golden city" or Zlaté město in Czech.Situated on the River Vltava in central Bohemia, Prague has been the...
,
Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe that is sometimes considered to be Eastern European. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. The capital and largest city is Prague...
. See also
list of car-free places.
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