Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Moving Beyond the Automobile: Bicycling

By Elizabeth Press | Feb 22, 2011 | No Comments

In the second chapter of Streetfilms’ Moving Beyond the Automobile series, we’re taking a look at bicycling. The benefits of cycling are simple: It helps reduce congestion, meet sustainability goals, and improve public health. With Portland leading the way, many American cities have seen the share of people biking to work rise substantially in recent […]

STREETFILMS

The Case for Bike Racks on NYC Buses

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 17, 2011 | No Comments

Over the last ten years (or more) just about every major city in the U.S. has added bike-carrying capacity to its buses. While cities like Chicago, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Seattle, Philadelphia, and San Francisco can boast 100 percent of their bus fleets sporting bike racks, New York comes in at zero percent — the […]

STREETFILMS

Moving Beyond the Automobile: Transit-Oriented Development

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

For the first chapter in Streetfilms’ Moving Beyond the Automobile series, we’re taking a look at transit-oriented development, more commonly known by the acronym TOD. Streetfilms headquarters is a short train ride from some great TOD success stories taking shape along a stretch of New Jersey’s Hudson River coast. Across the river from NYC, transit-oriented […]

STREETFILMS

Trailer: Moving Beyond the Automobile

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 9, 2011 | No Comments

Here at Streetfilms we are excited to officially announce the debut of our ten-part series “Moving Beyond the Automobile.” Each Tuesday over the next ten weeks, tune in to Streetfilms — we’ll be posting a new chapter about smart and proven strategies to reduce traffic and improve street safety for all users. We’ll be tackling […]

STREETFILMS

Snowy Neckdowns: Nature’s Traffic-Calming

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 8, 2011 | No Comments

As you may recall, many years ago I shot a Streetfilm taking about what winter weather can teach us. In many ways the snow acts like tracing paper on our streets and records people’s movements: at each intersection, the spots where the snow piles up can show us where people drive and walk. It’s a […]

STREETFILMS

A Winter Biking Primer From Chicago

By Elizabeth Press | Jan 26, 2011 | No Comments

Brrrr! Don’t let the weather knock you out of your bike commuting routine. On a recent trip to Chicago, Streetfilms had the opportunity to go on a ride and get several helpful tips for making winter biking not only do-able, but enjoyable. So today, as temperatures sit near freezing and the wind howls in New […]

Show More Stories