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By Clarence Eckerson

Voices From the Rail~Volution

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 25, 2010 | No Comments

Streetfilms was out in Portland at this year’s Rail~Volution conference, putting our finger on the pulse of the sustainable transportation world. We spoke to a healthy dose of this year’s attendees, including advocates, bloggers, planners, transit industry reps and members of transportation agencies across the country. Among those we heard from was Congressman Earl Blumenauer, […]

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The World’s First “Transit Appliance”

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 22, 2010 | No Comments

This is just too cool. At Rail-volution, Chris Smith from Portland Transport debuted what he is calling the world’s first “Transit Appliance.” It can deliver real-time transit arrival estimates to a display in your home, coffee shop, library or, well, anywhere frequented by transit users. Drawing upon a number of open source software components, the open […]

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Select Bus Service Debuts on Manhattan’s East Side

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 14, 2010 | No Comments

This weekend, Select Bus Service debuted on First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, bringing a package of improvements to speed trips on one of New York’s most-used bus routes. Buses on the M15 route were traveling at a snail-like clip of less than 6 mph before the introduction of SBS. Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette […]

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A Car-Free Street Grows in Queens

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 4, 2010 | No Comments

Back in 2008, Jackson Heights residents banded together to win car-free Sundays on 78th Street, creating a new, temporary public space for children and families in one of NYC’s most park-starved neighborhoods. This year neighborhood activists aimed much higher: They wanted to make the street car-free 24-7 for the entire months of July and August. […]

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Traffic Calming: Postcards from London

By Elizabeth Press | Sep 23, 2010 | No Comments

Judging by recent comments from some local pols, you’d think the addition of pedestrian spaces and bikeways in New York City has somehow thrown our streets out of whack. But what would our streets look like if we really did balance everyone’s needs and made them safe and functional for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists? In […]

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Get Ready to Walk to School With Zozo

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 22, 2010 | No Comments

For those of you who don’t know him yet – meet Zozo. He’s our big purple friend who loves anything that gets people out of cars and moving about the streets. You might find him riding his ZoGo along the new Prospect Park West bike lane, sitting out in the pedestrian plazas on Broadway, or catching […]

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