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By Clarence Eckerson

Last Chance! Get Your Tickets for Streetfilms: A Reel Celebration

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 10, 2010 | 7 Comments

We’re now less than a week away from our Streetfilms fundraiser and we want YOU to come enjoy a night of celebration and fun. But you’ll need to act quickly – we only have about 25 tickets still available starting at $50 apiece. All the deets you need to know: Tuesday, November 16th from 6:30 […]

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Portland’s Bike Boulevards Become Neighborhood Greenways

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 8, 2010 | No Comments

Transportation planners in Portland, Oregon are taking their famous bicycle boulevards to the next level. By adding more routes and stepping up the traffic calming treatments, the city is not only making these streets more attractive and usable for cyclists, but also for pedestrians, runners, children, and anyone else who gets around under their own […]

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Revisiting Donald Appleyard’s “Livable Streets”

By Elizabeth Press | Nov 1, 2010 | No Comments

You may have wondered, while watching a Streetfilm or reading a post on Streetsblog, where we got the term “livable streets.” The answer can be found in the work of Donald Appleyard, a scholar who studied the neighborhood environment and the ways planning and design can make life better for city residents. In 1981, Appleyard […]

Streetfilms Shorties: Celebrating the Columbus Avenue Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 29, 2010 | 10 Comments

For your viewing pleasure this weekend — Clarence filmed this short, exhilarating group ride down the brand new protected bike path on Columbus Avenue. New Yorkers won this mile of safer street after a down-to-the-wire Community Board 7 vote in favor of the plan. A lot of hard work and organizing went into that vote, […]

Support Streetfilms: Come to Our Fall Fundraiser on November 16

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 28, 2010 | No Comments

Streetfilms has been showcasing best practices in the livable streets world for nearly four years, producing over 300 informative films on topics such as physically-separated bike lanes, bus rapid transit, pedestrian plazas, complete streets, street transformations, and ciclovias in dozens of cities and countries. Our films have been watched over 3 million times and have been […]

Video: Rider Rebellion and Reverend Al Tell Albany to Stand Up for Transit

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2010 | 2 Comments

Streetfilms’ Robin Urban Smith was out at the Rider Rebellion rally with us last night and filed this report.

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