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By Clarence Eckerson

Moving Beyond the Automobile: Highway Removal

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 29, 2011 | No Comments

In this week’s episode of “Moving Beyond the Automobile,” Streetfilms takes you on a guided tour of past, present and future highway removal projects with John Norquist of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Some of the most well-known highway removals in America — like New York City’s West Side Highway and San Francisco’s Embarcadero […]

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Moving Beyond the Automobile: Congestion Pricing

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 15, 2011 | No Comments

In the fifth chapter of “Moving Beyond the Automobile,” we demystify the concept of congestion pricing in just five short minutes. Here you’ll learn why putting a price on scarce road space makes economic sense and how it benefits many different modes of surface transportation. In London, which successfully implemented congestion pricing in 2003, drivers […]

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The Sixth Annual Memorial Ride and Walk

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 14, 2011 | No Comments

On Sunday, the NYC Street Memorial Project held the 6th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk. According to the New York City Department of Transportation, 151 pedestrians and 18 bicyclists were killed on the streets of New York City in 2010. Participants called for stronger measures to reduce traffic fatalities. The ride culminated by installing a “Ghost […]

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Moving Beyond the Automobile: Bus Rapid Transit

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 8, 2011 | No Comments

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) provides faster and more efficient service than an ordinary bus system. While a proper BRT route operates like a surface subway, the cost is much lower. In the latest installment of “Moving Beyond the Automobile,” Streetfilms explains the key features of bus rapid transit around the world and how BRT helps […]

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Cycle Tracks, “Floating Parking” and Bike Buffer Zones

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 7, 2011 | No Comments

While we were out videotaping for another Streetfilm, Gary Toth, the director of transportation initiatives with Project for Public Spaces (his resume includes 34 years of management experience at NJDOT), took a moment to give a short explanation on what “floating parking” is, why using it is a very smart budgetary decision by the NYCDOT, and […]

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