Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Active Living For All Ages: Creating Neighborhoods Around Transit

By Robin Urban Smith | Apr 17, 2012 | No Comments

Streetfilms teamed up with the Public Policy Institute at AARP to bring you a look at how Arlington, Virginia plans for its senior population using transit-oriented development (TOD). Arlington has been practicing TOD since the late 1970s, when Washington’s Metrorail first began service there, and it’s proved very effective in accommodating the population growth of […]

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Medellín: Colombia’s Sustainable Transport Capital

By Elizabeth Press | Apr 3, 2012 | No Comments

For many who have heard of Medellín, Colombia, the name brings to mind the drug-related violence of the 1980s and 1990s, when it was often described as the most dangerous city in the world. Over the last decade, Medellín has worked hard to change its image. The local government is investing in education and social […]

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From Minnesota to Mississippi, Telling Congress to Save Bike-Ped Programs

By Elizabeth Press and Ben Fried | Mar 27, 2012 | No Comments

For more than 20 years, federal funding for bike and pedestrian safety has enabled American cities and towns to invest in transportation projects that state DOTs would otherwise have overlooked. Thanks to these programs, communities have helped main streets thrive, provided kids with safer routes to school, and made biking an attractive transportation option. The […]

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Translating the World’s Best Bikeway Designs

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 7, 2012 | No Comments

The Netherlands is widely recognized for having the highest cycling rates in the world. What’s not so well known is that the Dutch don’t bike so much because cycling is in their DNA. They do it because after the country started down the path toward car dependence, they made a conscious decision to change course. […]

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Build a Better Bridge: The Hudson Valley Wants Transit on the Tappan Zee

By Robin Urban Smith | Feb 13, 2012 | No Comments

New York State is on the verge of undertaking one of the largest transportation projects in the nation: the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Over the course of 10 years and 280 public meetings, Hudson Valley residents, business owners, elected officials and environmental advocates built a consensus that transit was a vital component of the Tappan […]

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¡Viva CicLAvia!

By Damien Newton | Feb 3, 2012 | No Comments

Watch here without subtitles. After sponsoring Streetfilms of the first two CicLAvias, the open streets festival in Los Angeles based on Bogota’s Ciclovia, Streetsblog LA faced a dilemma: How can we continue to cover this event that draws over a hundred thousand Angelenos to the streets? The answer: Make a Streetfilm that was accessible to […]

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