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By Clarence Eckerson

Rotterdam: A Post-War Central City Moves Beyond the Automobile

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Dec 11, 2017 | No Comments

Even though much of central Rotterdam was built during the era of mass motoring, the city is taking major steps to shift away from cars and toward transit, biking, and walking.

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London Cycling Works: How Savvy Campaigning Got 180 Employers to Support Bike Lanes

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Dec 6, 2017 | No Comments

In 2014, there was an intense bikelash in London in reaction to groundbreaking, high-quality protected bike lanes in the city center. London CyclingWorks played a critical role in countering this pushback, gathering endorsements of the new bike infrastructure from a wide range of businesses in central London.

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Gawk at the Great New Bike Access to the Williamsburg Bridge From Brooklyn

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 22, 2017 | No Comments

What's great is not only the safety of the protected lanes, but that the city took into account all the ways people on bikes approach the bridge.

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The Northern Boulevard Protected Bike Lane Celebration Ride

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 13, 2017 | No Comments

Despite the chill, nearly 75 people turned out Sunday to celebrate the new protected bike lane on Northern Boulevard connecting to the popular path known as Joe Michaels Mile in Eastern Queens.

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The New Bus Campaigners

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 13, 2017 | No Comments

Transit advocates think bus service is declining because of longstanding policy neglect, and that something can and ought to be done about it. They’re pushing elected officials and transit agencies to apply changes like bus lanes, all-door boarding and traffic signal priority.

Tour the Safer 111th Street With the People Who Fought Three Years to Make It Happen

By David Meyer | Aug 23, 2017 | 3 Comments

With DOT crews wrapping up work on the 111th Street project, local residents went for a celebratory ride last week. Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson was there and put together this video tour of the redesigned street and retrospective of the three-year advocacy campaign to make this project happen.

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