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Streetfilms: NYC Summer Streets 2009

By Elizabeth Press | Aug 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

This past Saturday, New York City DOT and partners kicked off the second year of Summer Streets, a six-hour car-free event stretching from 72nd Street to the Brooklyn Bridge. DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan estimated that twice as many people visited the route compared to the first Summer Streets event last year. If you missed this […]

Your Livable Streets Weekend: From Sands Street to Summer Streets

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2009 | 7 Comments

Unless my Mac dashboard weather widget is deceiving me (and it’s been known to), tomorrow should be a gorgeous day for the debut of Summer Streets 2009. Here’s a look back at last year’s fun, care of Streetfilms, to whet your appetite. Earlier today, Lily Bernheimer posted a nice rundown of related goings-on tomorrow in […]

Sadik-Khan and Special Guest Invite You to Summer Streets

By Robin Urban Smith | Aug 4, 2009 | 2 Comments

People all around New York City have been sighting the Zozo. So it’s no surprise that a special guest showed up to help NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan invite New Yorkers to enjoy Summer Streets 2009 (on August 8, 15, and 22). Have you seen the Zozo?

Q Poll: Car-Free Times Square a Smash Hit; MTA Skepticism Still High

By Ben Fried | Jul 29, 2009 | 19 Comments

Photo: berk2804/Flickr. If you’re a livable streets optimist, you probably suspected that car-free Times Square critics like Andrea Peyser, Susan Dominus, and John Liu were out of touch. After all, most New Yorkers don’t own cars, and many of those who do spend more time as pedestrians than drivers. And really, how many people were […]

Streetfilms: Carmaggeddon Averted as Broadway Comes to Life

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 20, 2009 | 19 Comments

When New York City opened up new pedestrian zones in the heart of Midtown this summer, naysayers predicted a traffic nightmare. Nearly two months later, we’re still waiting for the much-feared Carmaggedon. In this video, Streetsblog publisher Mark Gorton takes us on a tour of Broadway’s car-free squares and boulevard-style blocks, where conditions have improved […]

Inspired by Streetfilms, Ciclovia Comes to Roanoke, VA

By Brad Aaron | Jul 15, 2009 | 2 Comments

Here’s a neat livable streets success story from Virginia. A short time back a woman named Andrea Garland dropped by the TOPP office in Manhattan. A transportation engineer and native of Colombia, Andrea now lives in Roanoke, where she is active in several cyclist and pedestrian groups. One of those groups, BikeWalk Virginia, is bringing […]

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