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By Clarence Eckerson

StreetFilms: Bike to Shea

By Jason Varone | | 4 Comments
Bike to Shea A StreetFilm by Sean Clifford Running Time: 3 minutes 2 seconds The StreetFilms team cycled with over 100 baseball fanatics during Bike Week on an amazin’ jaunt to Shea Stadium. The 4th annual ride was organized by the NYC Department of Transportation and the great spirits at Transportation Alternatives provided the valet […]

Streetfilms: Turning Streets Into Community Spaces

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | | 11 Comments
Intersection RepairRunning time: 10:42 Have you ever dreamed of making the streets outside your home more livable, pedestrian-friendly, and community-oriented? City Repair in Portland, Oregon hosts an annual Village Building Convergence where hundreds of people come together to build diverse projects for the benefit of their communites and to take back their streets via a […]

T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen

By Jason Varone | | 2 Comments
T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 3 minutes 3 seconds On the closing day of New York City’s historic C40 Climate Summit, Lord Mayor Clover Moore of Sydney, Australia and Copenhagen’s Mayor of the Technical & Environmental Administration Klaus Bondam took a lunch break […]

Gridlock Sam on Car-Free Central Park

By Aaron Naparstek | | No Comments
Yesterday we put forth the argument that fastest, cheapest, easiest and most symbolically rich way for Mayor Bloomberg to initiate his new green agenda for New York City would be to make Central Park car-free during the summer of 2007. Last fall, in a wide-ranging interview with Open Planning Project executive director Mark Gorton, New […]
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