Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Corrals and Oases: Bike Parking in Portland

By Brad Aaron | Aug 15, 2008 | 4 Comments

Here’s one more from this summer’s Carfree Cities conference week in Portland. In this Streetfilm, Greg Raisman of the Portland Office of Transportation treats Elizabeth Press to a bike parking tour, featuring two designs that make the most of available space while keeping pedestrian impediments to a minimum. The "bike oasis" incorporates a sidewalk bulb-out […]

Streetfilms: Summer Streets 2008

By Brad Aaron | Aug 11, 2008 | 25 Comments

Conditions could hardly have been better for Saturday's Summer Streets debut, and New Yorkers responded, turning out in droves to enjoy a car-free route from Lower Manhattan to Central Park.

Summer Streets: The Wait Is Over

By Ben Fried | Aug 8, 2008 | 41 Comments

Well, almost over. It’s been two and a half months since we first heard that some sort of Ciclovia-style event was coming to New York. Tomorrow, Summer Streets will finally be upon us. To build up the anticipation just a bit more, we’re re-posting this classic from the Streetfilms archive. The spectacle of a 6.9-mile […]

Streetfilms: Biking the Falls

By Ben Fried | Aug 1, 2008 | 9 Comments

Before the four "New York City Waterfalls" began gushing along the East River this June, DOT marked a bike route passing by each installation and released a guide to go with it. In this Streetfilm Elizabeth Press shows us a recent bike tour of the falls, led by DOT commish Janette Sadik-Khan. Special bonus feature: […]

Summer Streets

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 29, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’m planning on stopping by Williamsburg Walks this weekend. Next weekend I’ll be rolling over the Brooklyn Bridge with the whole family (on my new bakfiets, the Cadillac Escalade of bicycles) to participate in the big Summer Streets event in Manhattan. Clarence over at Streetfilms put together this 30-second promo video that will be airing […]

Make Queens Boulevard a Complete Street

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 28, 2008 | 24 Comments

Last February, 22-year-old Asif Rahman was hit and killed by a truck while riding his bicycle on Queens Boulevard. Though the infamous "Boulevard of Death" is a lot safer than it used to be, it still produces far too many injuries and fatalities. Asif’s family, Council member Jim Gennaro, and Transportation Alternatives held a press […]

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