Streetfilms: StreetSummit 2010, Building Momentum for Change
(editor's note: It's always nice to have the Streetfilms crew in town. Let's fill their comments section to let them know that we want more! - DN)
March 24, 2010
Streetfilms: Michael Musto, Il Ciclista Dolce
Village Voice entertainment columnist Michael Musto
has been riding a bike in New York City for more than 25 years, long
before it was fashionable or we had bike lanes and cycletracks.
March 11, 2010
Streetfilms: Seattle’s Link Light Rail — The Start of Something Big
Right now, Seattle is making as serious a commitment to transit as
any city in the nation. Recently, Streetfilms got to take a tour of the
newest addition to the city's network --
the 13-station Link Light Rail, which opened in
mid-2009.
March 3, 2010
How to Properly Cross Rail Tracks on your Bike
Unfortunately, it's something I've seen even the most experienced
cyclist do: wipe out while crossing a set of train tracks. As many of
you know, you need to maneuver your bike's angle of approach so that
you hit the rails as perpendicular as possible. But even knowing that,
some demon riders don't slow enough to sashay properly, and heck: poor
newbies have no idea how the road's mathematics work until it's too
late!
February 12, 2010
Streetfilms A.U.T.O. Lobbyist Visits Car-Free Times Square
She’s back! The woman you love to hate (and hate not to love) Veronica Moss, a Washington, D.C. lobbyist for – ahem! – the Automobile User Trade Organization (A.U.T.O.) In this “chapter”, she’s getting her first gander ever at the new pedestrian-friendly Times Square and she invited Streetfilms along to record her virgin journey. Naturally … Continued
November 18, 2009
Streetfilms: Shocker from New York. 200 Miles of New Bike Infrastructure Leads to More Biking
This year the New York City Department of Transportation measured a 26 percent jump in commuter cycling. Coming on the heels of 2008's unprecedented 35 percent growth, that puts the total two-year increase at a whopping 66 percent.
November 10, 2009
Watch This Video: Livable Streets Visionaries Gather in NYC
With all the remarkable recent livable streets improvements in New York, it's no surprise the tenth annual Walk21
Conference chose the Big Aplle. Visitors and attendees
salivated over new pedestrian infrastructure and public spaces,
including tours of the recently opened High Line and a special visit to the soon-to-be-restored High Bridge.
Featuring a plethora of speakers, design charrettes and walking
workshops, the three-day event drew experts from the UK, Austria,
Japan, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Italy, and Australia, among other places.
October 15, 2009
Streetfilms Inspires Boulder to Paint Some Streets
We just love when we hear Streetfilms motivational stories from
around the globe. Our latest report comes out of Boulder, Colorado.
October 14, 2009
NYC’s Sands Street Gets a Sassy, Center-Median Cycletrack
Chalk up more bikeway innovation
to the folks at the NYC Department of Transportation. Now nearly
complete, the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge is now
safer and more enjoyable thanks to a first-of-its-kind in NYC: a
center-median, two-way, protected bike path. Frankly, the facility is a
perfect solution to counter the dangers posed by a tangle of roads and
highway on-ramps that burden the area. Dramatic before and afters tell
the delicious story.
October 2, 2009
D.C.’s DOT Director talks “Transportation Freedom”
Meet Gabe Klein
who was appointed new director of Washington D.C.'s Department of
Transportation (DDOT) in December 2008. With an interesting background
which includes four years working for Zipcar, Mr. Klein was brought in with the idea of looking at the job from a fresh perspective (check out: Potholepalooza!) and innovating solutions to many mobility problems D.C. faces. Right off the bat, you'll love a lot of what he has to say:
July 2, 2009