Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Streetfilm: The Mayor and the Model Plant a Tree

By Brad Aaron | Apr 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Q: What do the Ninth Avenue Cycle Track, Michael Bloomberg, Clarence the Purple Traffic Calming Wizard and Tyra Banks have in common? A: A new street tree. What else? The Streetfilms crew stumbled upon the media scrum for last week’s Bloomberg-Banks photo op and caught this tree planting in action, just where the Wizard had […]

Streetfilms: A Look at Bus Rapid Transit in L.A.

By Brad Aaron | Apr 11, 2008 | 3 Comments

Nick Whitaker files this first in a series of Streetfilms on transportation for Streetsblog Los Angeles. Here, we hear from LA City Council Member Wendy Greuel, Director of LA County Regional Transit Planning Rex Gephardt, and Executive Director of the Transit Coalition, Bart Reed, on how the city’s burgeoning Bus Rapid Transit system can be […]

Protected Bike Lanes Win TreeHugger Stamp of Approval

By Ben Fried | Apr 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

This classic StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson, Jr., "The Case for Separated Bike Lanes" (original release date: February 17, 2007), is enjoying a renaissance this week. First, a post on TaketheTooker featured the film and sparked a discussion about the merits of bike lanes compared to riding in traffic. Then TreeHugger picked up the thread and […]

Streetfilms: “Lounging on High” in Wodonga, Australia

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

David Engwicht is a livable streets philosopher and author. Creator of the Walking School Bus, Mental Speed Bumps and many other innovative ways of taming traffic and increasing pedestrian safety, he has taken on “the challenge of a lifetime” to revitalize the downtown district of Wodonga, a small city in Australia often referred to as […]

Rev. Billy Preaches Bikes & Transit at the NYC Auto Show

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 24, 2008 | 5 Comments

Thousands of people flocked to the New York International Auto Show at the Javits Center on Saturday. There, in the very belly of the beast, Reverend Billy and his Stop Shopping Driving Gospel Choir held services. That is, until the state troopers kicked them to the curb. StreetFilms’ Elizabeth Press was there.

StreetFilm: Queens Roller Racing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

From StreetFilms’ Elizabeth Press: Have you ever wished you could explore the borough of Queens on a bike with a large group of people? Maybe you have heard of or ridden in the Tour de Brooklyn or the Tour de Bronx and thought it would make sense for Queens to have a ride of its […]

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