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This is what many New York streets could be like. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Think Cars Will Always Dominate Because ‘New York’s Not Holland’? Well, Neither Was Holland!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 18, 2019 | 10 Comments

This one's for all you politicians and community board types out there who reject street safety plans because "New York's not Holland."

Riding a cargo bike with kids in Amsterdam. How can we make it convenient and common in NYC? Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

STREETFILMS: How Kids Get to School in a Civilized, Safe Country

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 12, 2019 | 11 Comments

But in the United States, our children's lives (and deaths!) are entirely framed by the automobile.

Amsterdam shows how beautiful a street can be without on-street car storage. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms in Amsterdam: Remove Parking and Watch a City Bloom

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 3, 2019 | 22 Comments

Amsterdam's plan to remove 10,000 parking spaces will change the city for the better — and maybe point the way for New York.

Happy smiling (Dutch) people riding bikes. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms: More Incredible Bike Porn from Holland!

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 30, 2019 | 22 Comments

This is the second in Clarence Eckerson Jr.'s series of films about how the Dutch reclaimed their streets from the automobile. Today's topic: The low-lying nation's busiest bike path: The Vredenburg in Utrecht.

Life on a Dutch play street is simply better. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms in Holland: Experience the Joy of The Woonerf

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 28, 2019 | 22 Comments

You know how it is: You send Clarence Eckerson Jr. to Holland and you get more than a t-shirt. You get a clarion call for change.

The "War on Cars" podcast is taped every week in Brooklyn. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms Takes You Inside the ‘War on Cars’ Podcast

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 17, 2019 | 1 Comment

Even though there's only been a doze-plus episodes, "War on Cars" has struck a nerve in ways that no other podcast could.

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