Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Streetfilms: NYSDOT Commish on Smart Growth and Stimulus

By Ben Fried | Feb 6, 2009 | 1 Comment

One thing we’ve learned from the stimulus saga is that many state DOTs still haven’t kicked the highway habit. New York’s state DOT is one of the exceptions: Expansion projects are mercifully absent from its stimulus wish list, according to a recent analysis by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. Under Commissioner Astrid Glynn, the agency is […]

Streetfilms: Timing Streets for Cyclists, Pedestrians, and Everyone Else

By Ben Fried | Feb 2, 2009 | 10 Comments

From the new San Francisco branch of Streetfilms, Janel Sterbentz takes a look at one of the city’s main bicycle routes — Valencia Street — and asks how it would function if signals were timed to give cyclists the "Green Wave" instead of cars. Cyclists would get a smoother ride and feel less compelled to […]

Streetfilms: Anti-Idling Laws Clear City Council

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2009 | 24 Comments

Two laws designed to decrease pollutants and other safety hazards posed by idling vehicles passed the City Council this week. As shown in this Streetfilm by Elizabeth Press, Council Member John Liu’s Intro 631 cuts down the amount of time drivers are allowed to idle near schools from three minutes to one minute. A second […]

Streetfilms: Introducing the Pedestrian Peek-a-Boo

By Brad Aaron | Jan 12, 2009 | 11 Comments

This excellent Streetfilm from Robin Urban Smith and Clarence Eckerson is another in a series of vids on cheap and effective streetscape alterations that improve safety for all users. Writes Robin: Daylighting is a simple pedestrian safety measure achieved by removing parking spaces adjacent to curbs around an intersection, increasing visibility for pedestrians and drivers […]

Streetfilms: First Graders Show Us How to Share the Road

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Dec 15, 2008 | No Comments

How’s this for understanding modal harmony? Livable Streets Education has been working with New York City students, encouraging them to explore and question the environments around their schools and in their neighborhoods — and to voice the changes they want to see on their streets. We recently asked first graders at P.S. 87 to give […]

Streetfilms: Good Riddance to Wasted Asphalt

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2008 | 9 Comments

Before Streetfilms were called Streetfilms, Clarence Eckerson and Streetsblog Publisher Mark Gorton identified Grand Street, with its expanse of asphalt forcing pedestrians to the margins, as a prime spot for space reclamation. Now home to a conniption-inducing parking-protected bike lane, check out this 2005 vid to see why Grand was due for a livable streets […]

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