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Streetfilms: Biking to Work, From Coast to Coast

By Brad Aaron | May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

Cyclists across the country celebrated Bike to Work Day on Friday, and Streetfilms’ Elizabeth Press has inspiring video from New York, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon and Austin, Texas. Want to be a part of next year’s Bike to Work Day compilation? Let Streetfilms know.

L.A. Freeway Cyclists Ride Again

By Brad Aaron | May 15, 2008 | 11 Comments

A group of cyclists in Los Angeles continues its guerrilla rides on city freeways. In this video, via Streetsblog LA, riders are joined by rollerbladers as they cut through idling traffic on the 405. The "Crimanimal Mass" movement has gotten more sophisticated since the previous video installment, what with the narrative-style editing, helpful graphics and […]

Bus Rapid Transit Under Fire in Delhi, India

By Brad Aaron | May 13, 2008 | 14 Comments

As a new class of automobile owners floods the streets of India with cheap cars, the city of Delhi is trying to stem the tide with a new Bus Rapid Transit program. Unfortunately, along with the cars has come the requisite sense of entitlement and modal prejudice, as EMBARQ reports: This last week Delhi began […]

How Happy Are Parisians With Vélib?

By Brad Aaron | May 8, 2008 | 8 Comments

The latest figures from the Paris Vélib bike sharing program are in. User stats and survey results are posted on the official web site, but for those who don’t parlez Français, here’s a summary: Rides to date: 20 million Average trips/day: 70,000 Average trip time: 18 minutes 190,000 annual pass holders 42% of users […]

Streetfilm: A Pedestrian Paradise in Melbourne

By Brad Aaron | May 6, 2008 | 17 Comments

Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson recently made the journey to Melbourne, Australia, where he found a "new world city" redesigned for people-oriented development and mobility. Writes Clarence: Melbourne is simply wonderful. You can get lost in the nooks and crannies that permeate the city. As you walk you feel like free-flowing air with no impediments to your […]

San Francisco Launches Ambitious Parking Reform Program

By John Kaehny | May 6, 2008 | 10 Comments

San Francisco is lunging out of the parking dark ages. Backed by the mayor and city council, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is launching "SFpark," a comprehensive, curbside parking reform project encompassing ten city neighborhoods. Starting in September, the $23 million SFpark program will use an array of new policies and technologies to raise […]

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