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, borrowing, and riding a bicycle around Portland.

With a bike, Portland is yours to enjoy. You can get around town speedily, ride in some of our mobile workshops, and take a break from sessions to check out some of the many and varied Pedalpalooza events. If you’re in town the weekend before the conference, head to Cirque du Cycling or help set a record at the World Naked Bike Ride. After the conference, you can use a bike to enjoy Sunday Parkways or the Multnomah County Bike Fair.

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 South from Vancouver Canada.

Be sure to type in the discount code H773 when you visit www.AmtrakCascades.com

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.

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 the vicinity. Visit the official site >>