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Streetfilms: Commutah Bike Pahking in Cambridge

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 28, 2008 | 9 Comments

In the greater Boston area, a secure bike parking facility has been erected at the end of the T’s Red Line in Cambridge. It boasts one incredible amenity: it’s completely free! Alewife Station, perfectly situated at the edge of the burbs, serves as an inter-modal link for cyclists on The Minuteman Bikeway, one of the […]

Streetfilms: Learning Bike Safety in the Schoolyard

By Ben Fried | Oct 24, 2008 | 7 Comments

Robin Urban Smith files this report from P.S. 76 in the Bronx, where students wrapped up a month-long bike safety course with a playground "rodeo" on Wednesday. This June, Michael Needham Jr., a fifth-grader at the school, lost his life after a speeding car hit him while he was riding with friends near the Allerton […]

Streetfilms: A Conversation With Janette Sadik-Khan

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2008 | 6 Comments

In this exclusive Streetfilms interview, The Open Planning Project’s Executive Director Mark Gorton talks with Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan about how her agency is redefining public space in New York City. As the two take a walking tour of recently revamped streetscapes designed to encourage car-free movement and foster social activity — including […]

Streetfilms: Tour de Bronx 2008

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2008 | 4 Comments

Over 4,000 riders turned out for Sunday’s 14th Annual Tour de Bronx, which covered miles of beautiful scenery — with hopes of more to come, should the Sheridan Expressway ever meet its reward (see the 2:00 mark). Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson was there, and files this report.

Name That Bus Route: SKIRT Takes the Shirt

By Brad Aaron | Oct 17, 2008 | 4 Comments

There weren’t a lot of entries, but what contestants in Streetfilms’ first-ever t-shirt contest lacked in quantity, they made up for in pithiness. Inspired by the Boulder, Colorado transit system, Clarence Eckerson challenged the Streetfilms audience to come up with zingy names for New York bus routes. He writes: For sheer ferociousness, I really loved […]

Streetfilms: JUMP Aboard the Boulder Bus

By Ben Fried | Oct 15, 2008 | 5 Comments

The third Streetfilm in Clarence Eckerson’s Boulder series has a lot of good ideas for cities looking to make bus service a viable alternative to driving. In the words of former mayor Will Toor, Boulder’s bus system has evolved over the last 20 years from a "social service" to a mode "that can compete for […]

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