We welcome new partners and cherish our network of friends and allies. Being a CCA ally means that your organization is sympathetic to our mission - please read the Carfree Manifesto - and you are open to cooperation and being a part of our network. You can receive our monthly newsletter and will be first in line to be invited to attend our conferences or join us on projects. There is no membership fee.
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Build Back Better Cities Campaign
Carfree Cities Academy - Webinar Series
Carfree Cities Academy -
Towards Safe, Inclusive, and Healthy Cities
We offer thematic and internationally oriented webinars on a periodic basis.
Carfree Cities Academy: Towards Safe, Inclusive, and Healthy Cities.
Practical Advice for Urban Changemakers
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This is an open and accessible webinar series designed with the CCA network of allies in mind, and open to anyone who is interested. Events take place on a periodic basis and are free of charge. Every event is announced in advance and includes a simple registration. We use the Zoom platform. Check this page for announcements and sign up for our news service in order to stay informed.
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The Carfree Cities Academy was initially launched by CCA and ISTEP. To learn more about both organizations, please scroll down. Currently it is being run by CCA.
To receive updates and event announcments, sign up to Carfree Cities News
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The Webinar Series
This is an exciting webinar series where many inspirational personalities from the world of liveable streets and carfree cities come together to discuss and showcase fresh ideas and best examples.
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The following are some of the topics that we are exploring in the webinar series:
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Street Design and Transformation
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Public Space
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15 Minute City
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Child-friendly and Youth-friendly Cities
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Pedestrian Concerns
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Cycling issues
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Public transportation
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Awareness raising and campaigning
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Tactical urbanism, parklets, DIY greening projects
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Health issues connected to transport and urban planning
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Equity and inclusiveness: cities for all
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Governance and engagement with decision makers
Catalogue of CCA Webinars
Please sign up to our Carfree News Email List to stay informed about the schedule and find out when new webinars are being planned.
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CCA Webinar #16, March 25, 2025
Non-motorized Transport (NMT) Practitioner's Course
with Andrew Wheeldon and Hubrech Ribbens
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This webinar was held in partnership with the South African Roads Federation (SARF). It is a free webinar that focuses on non-motorized transport, and is linked to a (paid) full course provided by SARF.
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CCA Webinar #15, February 27, 2025
From East to West: Best Child-friendly Urban Design
with Ruchi Varma (Humanqind), Billy Fields, and Tony Hull (both ISTEP)
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The topic of the webinar is child-friendly urban design. Examples are provided from USA, Spain, France, The Netherlands, and India.
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CCA Webinar #14, November 28, 2024
CCA at the World Urban Forum, 2024 edition, held in Cairo
with Niharika Mathema, Shail Shrestha, and Justin Hyatt, CCA
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Niharika, Shail, and Justin report on what CCA was up to at the the World Urban Forum (WUF). Insights are offered on WUF in general, as well as perspectives on Cairo, and reflections on global mega-cities in general.
>>> Watch the Recording! (Facebook)
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CCA Webinar #13, July 16, 2024
How Automotive Industry Funding Compromised Sustainable Cities and Climate Action
with Harjeet Singh, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
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As the title suggests, this webinar explores and exposes the ways that the automotive industry has been for many years derailing solutions targeting sustainable cities and climate action. It is delivered by a person who has been at the forefront of the fight to bring about climate and social justice around the world.
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CCA Webinar #12, May 16, 2024 (Cancelled!)
Urban Renewal: Equity and Sustainability Post-COVID 19
with Dr. Juan Elias Chebly, Cameron Clarke, Serena Mendizábal, Pierre Tonsie, Pooja Tanna
hosted by Eryn Banton
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Due to organizational issues, this webinar had to be cancelled, unfortunately.
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CCA Webinar #11, February 7, 2024
Cars, Consumerism and Capitalism
Panel Discussion with Usha Titikishu, Peter Norton, Alex Jensen, and Alex Pielaet
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This was a pre-event to the World Social Forum (WSF) that took place in Nepal.
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CCA Webinar #10, January 18, 2024
Moving from Overengineered and Underdesigned to Carfree Cities
with Pravar Chaudhary of Bengawalk
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Why is it that cities in south Asia and many parts of the world find their monuments and cultural heritage sites sacrificed to the destructive practice of building ever more parking spaces, flyovers, and petrol stations? Meanwhile, pedestrians are treated like a "speck of dirt" and cyclists and public transport users don't fare better. Pravar Chaudhary in Bengalore (India) discusses the entrenched car culture craze, and suggest a way out.​
>>> Watch the Recording! (Facebook)
CCA Webinar #9, December 20, 2023
Park it right
with Shreya Gadepalli
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Cars spend roughly 95% of the time parked. Thus the single most effective way to reduce car use is to address the often nearly unlimited supply of free car parking. Getting pricing right can greatly reduce the need to provide car parking and can promote better transport modes by discouraging car use.
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CCA Webinar #8, November 16, 2023
Urban design holds the key to counter car culture - A discussion with experts from around the globe
Presentations by Pooja Tanna, Shail Shrestha, Justin Hyatt, and Andrew Wheeldon.
Our guest host of this webinar was Alan Vera, of Universidad Técnica de Oruro (Bolivia). Different cities have very different rates of car use, because the love of cars isn’t something intrinsic; it’s created through advertising and reinforced through urban design that makes travel by car the most comfortable and convenient. Just as urban design can promote car culture, so it can counter it, as different cities around the world show.
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CCA Webinar #7, September 19, 2023
Behaviour Change for Carfree Cities
with Jack Windle and Hanna McCarthy.
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Do you like to app? Better Points UK promotes an app that rewards people for moving around their city without a car or motorbike. There are other such apps available, and they have been demonstrated to create behaviour change when reinforced by rewards (such as discounts at popular restaurants/cafes shops/etc.).
>>> Watch the Recording! (Facebook)​
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CCA Webinar #6 August 17, 2023
Healthier Cities, Better Lives: Making a Case for Carfree Cities
with Meelan Thondoo.
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Dr. Thondoo is a medical anthropologist and environmental epidemiologist working in the global health arena. Widespread car use comes with lots of negative externalities, not least of which is our health: air pollution, road crashes, and a reduction in physical activity, all leading to NCDs. Performing Health Impact Assessments can underscore the link between reducing cars in cities and improving our health.
>>> Watch the Recording! (Facebook)
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CCA Webinar #5, June 22, 2023
Maximum Gains, Minimum Harm. How to transform mobility and mindsets
with John Whitelegg
John Whitelegg wrote a wonderful book called Mobility - A New Urban Design and Transport Planning Philosophy For a Sustainable Future. In his book, Whitelegg explains how the intense focus on mobility—the more the better—is destroying our cities, our health, our environment and our economies. In this webinar Whitelegg lays out different possibilities for vastly improving our cities.
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CCA Webinar #4, May 18, 2023
Spotlight on Pune: Pushing the Boundaries for Carfree Cities
Technical assistance webinar with ISTEP
Our colleagues in Pune are eager to create a carfree urban core, but are facing many challenges. CCA partner ISTEP has taken the lead with this session to determine what actions are most likely to result in positive change.
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CCA Webinar #3 Global Dialogue, April 17, 2023
Learning from Bangladesh. Practical Actions to Promote Carfree Cities
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Bangladesh is home to some of the most active members of CCA. Despite very low modal share from cars, the streets of the densely populated Bangladeshi cities are jampacked with cars. But activists are fighting back with events such as carfree days and mobile playgrounds, with internships and multi-day workshops on carfree cities, and with regular op-eds and more.
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CCA Webinar #2, March 21, 2023
Kickstart a revolution! Practical Advice and Examples for Local Interventions
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While the goal of carfree cities is ambitious, we can make changes quickly at the community level that show people the beauty of dramatically reducing cars in cities. Different cities around the world carry out activities to celebrate the joy of moving and socializing in carfree streets; you can do similar activities in your city. Includes mini presentations from Rotterdam, Istanbul, Dhaka, Kathmandu, and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
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CCA Webinar #1, February 14, 2023
Street Design and Transformation
with Marianne Vanderschuren
You get what you build! When planners and designers build to accommodate the car, we get more cars. We need to remind those in charge that transport does not equal the car (or motorbike) and make explicit what people need to have a positive environment for walking, cycling, and taking public transit.
>>> Watch the recording!​​​​​​​​​
About CCA
The Carfree Cities Alliance (CCA) is an international network of individuals and organizations who believe that cities could be vastly better if we were to focus on the needs of people and nature rather than on the needs of motorized vehicles. CCA seeks to greatly reduce reliance on the automobile in existing cities and to provide a blueprint for more sustainable new cities. For more about CCA, please visit our All About the Alliance page.
About ISTEP
The International Sustainable Transportation Engagement Program (I-STEP) is a project of Texas State University’s Public Administration program and is designed to link partners from around the world to sustainable transportation policies to help create safer, more livable cities. The I-STEP approach focuses on building partnerships between sustainable transportation leaders from around the world with local communities. Past projects have focused on neighborhood connectivity improvements in both the Netherlands and Romania. Tony Hull, an Active Transportation Consultant with over two decades of experience, acts as a coordinating professional expert on the projects. For more about ISTEP, please visit the ISTEP website.
We are happy to hear from you. Come visit us downtown@carfreealliance.org.
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Original graphic composition by Ahmed Tarek for CCA