Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets

Sadik-Khan Introduces the New York City Model

By Brad Aaron | Apr 29, 2008 | 15 Comments

DOT revealed its "Sustainable Streets" strategic plan last night, in the very same room where the New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign held its kick-off event a little more than two years ago. Once again, Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson was there. Here are excerpts from the presentation by Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, who says that, rather than […]

Streetfilm: The Transformation of Meat Market Plaza

By Ben Fried | Apr 25, 2008 | 11 Comments

The past few weeks, we’ve kept an eye on the rapid progress of Gansevoort Plaza in the Meatpacking District. Lest we forget about its slightly older neighbor to the north, Meat Market Plaza, Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson, Jr. cut together this short video capturing the site (Ninth Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets) before, during, and […]

Silver Challenger Paul Newell Campaigns on Livable Streets

By Ben Fried | Apr 25, 2008 | 16 Comments

In what may be a political first, Paul Newell, who is challenging Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in the 64th District, mentions "livable streets" as one of his three major planks in this campaign clip. Newell and Luke Henry, another Silver challenger, have both voiced support for congestion pricing. The last time Silver faced a challenger […]

Streetfilm: Paris Skates!

By Ben Fried | Apr 24, 2008 | 4 Comments

Streetfilms’ Elizabeth Press kicks off a series of videos about livable streets in Paris with this look at the city’s two weekly romps on skates — roller-versions of Critical Mass that attract up to 15,000 participants. Notice that the police are an essential part of the proceedings (and they seem to have fun doing it […]

Eyes on the Street: Gansevoort Plaza Open for Business (Updated)

By Jason Varone | Apr 24, 2008 | 36 Comments

The view of Gansevoort Plaza looking west. Less than a month ago, the Meatpacking District’s Gansevoort Plaza was a chaotic free-for-all for vehicles. Today it sports a large pedestrian space lined with planters and bollards. The Open Planning Project’s Lily Bernheimer snapped these photos showing the new seating and street furniture in action, two weeks […]

How Paris is Beating Traffic Without Congestion Pricing

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2008 | 31 Comments

Biking by the Seine during car-free hours on the Georges Pompidou Expressway. The mayor of a global metropolis, elected to his first term in 2001, set out to reduce driving and promote greener modes of transportation in his city. Congestion pricing turned out to be unfeasible, because influential political forces in the suburbs believed, rightly […]

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