Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Streetfilms Shorties: The Brooklyn Bridge Bike-Ped Squeeze

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 26, 2009 | 18 Comments

A hot topic on Streetsblog the past few weeks has been the massive numbers of pedestrians and cyclists using the Brooklyn Bridge walkway during rush hours and weekends. Since many folks don’t have the chance to experience the promenade day-in and day-out, I decided to capture the conditions on a recent ride home from work. […]

Streetfilms Shorties: Why Don’t We Plant Trees in the Road?

By Ben Fried | Oct 20, 2009 | 13 Comments

Clarence recently dug up a few unused nuggets from last year’s junket to Melbourne, Australia. Watch and see how curbside space in residential neighborhoods has been repurposed for plantings that double as traffic calming treatments. Whatever red tape they had to hack through to plant trees in the roadbed, not just on the sidewalk, they’ve […]

Streetfilms: NYC Bike Lanes 101

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 19, 2009 | 23 Comments

Bike lanes: In some cities people are so desperate for them they’ll go so far as to mark their own. Here in New York City, it feels like every time I get on my bike there is a new bike lane — sometimes on the left, sometimes buffered, and sometimes completely separated from automobile traffic. […]

Streetfilms: Drivers Behaving Rudely

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 15, 2009 | 40 Comments

Cars blocking crosswalks, drivers failing to yield to pedestrians, unnecessary honking — New Yorkers have to contend with these violations every day on nearly every corner in the city. As Streetsblog publisher Mark Gorton says in this Streetfilm, most drivers are not bad or mean people, but few seem to realize how their conduct behind […]

Walk21 NYC: Visionaries of Walkability Take Manhattan

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 13, 2009 | No Comments

With all the remarkable recent livable streets improvements in New York, it’s no surprise the tenth annual Walk21 Conference chose our city for its host digs. Visitors and attendees salivated over new pedestrian infrastructure and public spaces, including tours of the recently opened High Line and a special visit to the soon-to-be-restored High Bridge. Featuring […]

Streetfilms Inspires Boulder to Paint Some Streets

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

We just love when we hear Streetfilms motivational stories from around the globe. Our latest report comes out of Boulder, Colorado. Last year, I traveled there for four days to document the city’s League of American Bicyclists Platinum Status. As is usual on one of these trips, we try to designate one night for a […]

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