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By Clarence Eckerson

StreetFilms: Berkeley’s Bikestation

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 8, 2007 | 16 Comments

This is the first of three videos StreetFilms will be posting in the coming week about innovative bike parking ideas in the California East Bay Area. Dave Campbell of the Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition gives a quick tour of a Bikestation facility in Berkeley — a bicycles actually have their own parking attendant. In a much […]

StreetFilms: Touring Brooklyn’s Future Waterfront Greenway

By Aaron Naparstek | May 7, 2007 | No Comments

On Saturday, over 100 cyclists turned out for Brooklyn Greenway Initiative’s annual ride. For nearly a decade, they have been working with numerous community & government groups to bring a Hudson River-style recreation path from Greenpoint to Sunset Park. In the next few years, much of the 15-mile route will finally become reality. The tour […]

Register for the Tour de Brooklyn

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 3, 2007 | No Comments

Tour de Brooklyn (2006)A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr.Running Time: 4 minutes 5 seconds With this weekend’s Bike New York already sold out, don’t forget to sign up early for one of New York City’s best rides: Transportation Alternatives’ Tour de Brooklyn. Registration is free. This year the family-friendly ride begins at Grand Army Plaza […]

Streetfilms: Little Legs for Green Streets

By Jason Varone | Apr 25, 2007 | No Comments

Little Legs For Green Streets A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 2 minutes 41 seconds This Streetfilm celebrates the students at P.S. 321 in Park Slope who are going green. The entire school participated in an Earth Day walk-a-thon to raise money for Transportation Alternatives, Amazon Watch, and Added Value.

StreetFilm: Talking Transportation with Bob Kiley

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 21, 2007 | No Comments

Talking Transportation with Bob KileyProduced by Cicala FilmworksRunning Time: 13 minutes 7 seconds The debate over congestion pricing has been heating up in advance of Mayor Bloomberg’s big Earth Day speech tomorrow. What better time to get some talking points on the matter from Bob Kiley, who served as the Commissioner of Transport for London […]

Bicycle Advocacy TV Ads from the Netherlands

By Jason Varone | Apr 18, 2007 | 12 Comments

A collection of Dutch bicycle advocacy videosRunning time: 8 minutes 11 seconds We don’t understand a word of it, but in this video compilation from the Netherlands, we see what a well-funded television ad campaign to encourage cycling might look like. Or not. Check out the ad about three minutes in: It appears to show […]

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