STREETFILMS: America’s Love Affair With Great City Streets
All across America people are falling in love with cities. People are craving interaction with their fellow humans. They don’t want to commute long distances to work. They want to be able to safely...
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STREETFILMS: Ten Awesome Transportation “Best Practices” from Ten Great Cities!
Up front: Streetfilms has hardly travelled everywhere on the globe, but of the places we have been here are ten cities and the great things they do to make a livable city. Now just imagine a city that...
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Streetfilms: Talking “Bikes Plus” at National Bike Summit 2015
The theme of 2015's National Bike Summit from the League of American Bicyclists is all about Bikes+. To stay in the spirit we decided to have some fun with that theme ourselves and ask attendees what...
View ArticleStreetfilms: Tour de Staten Island 2015
Transportation Alternatives’ 5th annual Tour de Staten Island showed off some of the best biking highlights in S.I. –STREETFILMS on Vimeo
View ArticleDallas, TX: Freeways Without Futures
In what’s less a Streetfilm and more a great highlight wrap-up of the “Freeways Without Futures” session at the Congress For New Urbanism’s conference in Dallas, you’ll get to see Dallas’ infamous...
View ArticleNYC: One Minute Excerpt WillyB Bike Fly!
Always love the speed on the way down the Williamsburg Bridge in the ‘”red cage”. (And I was going much slower than usual.) –STREETFILMS on Vimeo
View ArticleNYC: Documenting Dangerous Crossings – 111th Street, Queens
As you know, in this space I am always trying to find ways to inspire and change our streets for the better, which means giving you tools or film ideas to use in your community. Of late I’ve been doing...
View ArticleIt’s Smart To Be Dense
Urban density is fundamental principle of sustainable development. Density supports economic and creative vibrancy, social integration, and a healthy, environmental sustainable development model. As...
View ArticleNYC: Vision Zero Vigil
A crowd estimated at 1,000 people strong gathered in Union Square yesterday evening to remember victims of traffic violence and call for preventive action at the Vision Zero Vigil, organized by...
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Streetfilms: Washington, D.C.’s Protected Bike Lane Treatments on 1st Street
Earlier this year, 1st Street in Washington D.C. was transformed into a protected bike lane with a myriad of separation techniques that all seem to work very well and feel incredibly safe. About half...
View ArticleStreetfilms: NACTO “Designing Cities” 2015
In October, NACTO (National Association of City Transportation Officials) held their 4th annual “Designing Cities” conference with a record 650+ attendees from all over the world. This year’s event...
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Streetfilms: Austin Goes Bike Gold – LAB Makes Austin first Gold City in Texas
A few months ago, I was in Austin, Texas for the NACTO 2015 Summit. Although I was quite busy and we got hit with a major rainstorm of epic proportions, I was able to shoot enough video to put together...
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Streetfilms: Discovering Houston’s Brays Bayou Greenway
Clarence Eckerson of Streetfilms explores the cycling network of Houston, TX, and discovers a true gem: the Brays Bayou Greenway.
View ArticleStreetfilms: Five Fabulous Questions for Streetfight’s Janette Sadik-Khan
Just as former New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan launched her multi-city book tour for “Streetfight” (along with co-author Seth Solomonow) we were able to grab her for a few...
View ArticleStreetfilms: The Pulaski Bridge Protected Bike Path Is (Finally) Open!
Today New York City made commuting between Brooklyn and Queens much more human: it opened the protected Pulaski Bridge Bike Path to lots of cheers with a celebratory ride over it led by NYC DOT. The...
View ArticleStreetfilms: Why are New Yorkers bicycling to work in record numbers?
Friday was Bike To Work Day in NYC. And as usual Transportation Alternatives was out hosting some fueling stations in the morning. We thought with the newest NYC DOT data showing bicycling at an...
View ArticleStreetfilms: NYC Cyclists Celebrate New Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane
The realization of a protected bike lane on NYC’s Amsterdam Avenue was an epic struggle years in the making. And the good guys finally won! The reason? In NYC, Community Boards have an advisory role...
View ArticlePhiladelphia’s The Porch Swings!
As anyone who knows me, I am a huge fan of really relaxing spaces to sit. Public space not only should be inviting, pretty, clean and artistic, but increasingly a place to spend time and sit. And not...
View ArticleStreetfilms — Black Girls Do Bike: New York City
Got to join a nice bike ride today for about an hour as Black Girls Do Bike, did a ride from Bedford Stuyvesant to Red Hook. –STREETFILMS on Vimeo
View ArticleStreetfilms: NYC Buses – Time for a Turnaround
New Yorkers take 2.5 million rides on the city’s buses every day. While NYC’s buses provide essential transit, especially in areas beyond the reach of the subway, they are among the nation’s slowest...
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