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Streetfilms: Yesterday’s Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall

By Alec | Nov 15, 2006 | 1 Comment

Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief Press Conference A few quick scenes from yesterday’s event Running time: 2:02 "As this city is booming, it’s not moving," lamented City Councilmember Gale Brewer outside City Hall yesterday. But with support from 125 civic groups in five boroughs, the Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief assembled behind her and outlined […]

Gridlock Sam Tells the Story of NYC’s First Bike Lanes

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 13, 2006 | 18 Comments

Last weekend, former DOT Deputy Commissioner "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz wrote an op-ed in the New York Times urging the city to start creating bike lanes that physically separate cyclists from motor vehicle traffic at some locations. This weekend, as DOT laid down a brand new "shared lane" design on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn, a letter to the editor […]

Streetfilms Portland Week: Safe Routes to School

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 3, 2006 | 6 Comments

As someone who lives in Brooklyn and pedals a two-year-old to daycare three days a week, I find the scenes depicted in this video to be completely incredible. There is no question in my mind that the future of New York City has to look something like this. –Editor Portland’s Safe Routes to SchoolA Clarence […]

Streetfilms Portland Week: Older Adults Bicycle Program

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 2, 2006 | 1 Comment

Portland’s Older Adults Bike ProgramA Clarence Eckerson Street FilmRunning time: 3:37Download: 17.37 MB The Portland Office of Transportation recently launched a new program to re-introduce older adults to bicycling. Many of the participants haven’t ridden bikes in over 50 years.

Streetfilms Portland Week: The High-Tech Bike Signal

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 1, 2006 | 8 Comments

Portland’s Innovative Bike SignalA Clarence Eckerson StreetfilmRunning time: 1:37Download: 5.91 MB Portland’s Office of Transportation goes the extra mile to accommodate cyclists. Rex Burkholder, a local elected official and the founder of the the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, shows off a high-tech, creatively engineered traffic signal for cyclists. Whenever a cyclist rolls atop a painted icon on […]

Streetfilms: Portland’s Festival Streets

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 31, 2006 | 1 Comment

Portland, Oregon’s Festival StreetsRunning time: 3:39Download size: 13.39 MB The Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) recently completed work on two Festival Streets, a new experiment that uses traffic calming and unique streetscape features to create a street that can easily be converted to public use on weekends or special events. In this film, Ellen Vanderslice, […]

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