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Gaining Momentum: Youth Bike Summit 2012
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012DC-Capital Bikeshare (NACTO)
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011“The Phenomenal Success of Capital Bikeshare” is a Streetfilm produced in association with the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). It takes a look at how amazing the system is and talks to users, business folks, and government officials on how it is going. – NACTOfilms on YouTube
View this complete post...Streetfilms – Moving Beyond The Automobile: Transit-Oriented Development
Thursday, February 17th, 2011For the first chapter in our Moving Beyond the Automobile series we’ll take a look at Transit-Oriented Development, more commonly known by its “TOD” acronym in transportation industry circles. TOD is a high-density, mixed-use residential area with access to ample amounts of transportation. There are usually many transportation nodes within its core and contains a walkable and bike-able environment.
-Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on Streetfilms
Streetfilms: Journey to Pittsburgh to Walk & Bike
Thursday, December 30th, 2010“During a recent 48 hour Streetfilms swing thru Steel City, we learned that like many other metro areas across the country, Pittsburgh has a growing movement for better bicycling and more livable streets. Among the coolest things you’ll see in this seven minute Streetfilm travelogue…” -Clarence Eckerson, Streetfilms More at Streetfilms.org
View this complete post...Streetfilms: Revisiting Donald Appleyard’s Livable Streets
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010“Fixing the Great Mistake” is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th Century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions continue to affect our lives today.
View this complete post...Streetfilms: Voices from the Rail~Volution (2010)
Monday, October 25th, 2010Streetfilms was out in Portland at this year’s Rail~Volution 2010 trying to get a pulse on the transportation world by talking to a healthy dose of this year’s attendees which includes advocates, bloggers, transportation planners, industry spokespeople and members transportation agencies across the country.
View this complete post...Seattles Link Light Rail The Start of Something Big
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Right now, Seattle is making as serious a commitment to transit as any city in the nation. Recently, Streetfilms got to take a tour of the newest addition to the city’s network — the 13-station Link Light Rail, which opened in mid-2009.
View this complete post...Contra-flow Bike Lane – Boulder, CO
Thursday, August 13th, 2009“Boulder, Colorado recently achieved the creme de la creme – Platinum bike status from the League of American Bicyclists so Streetfilms decided to pay the city a visit to get the scoop. Among the many bicycle amenities the city can boast, none spoke to us more than the contra-flow bicycle lane that runs three city [...]
View this complete post...L.A.’s Orange Line: Bus Rapid Transit (plus bike path!)
Thursday, July 16th, 2009“Who would have thought that one of the best Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems in the U.S. would be in its most crowded, congested, sprawling city? Well check this out. It’s really fabulous…”
View this complete post...Seattle Crosswalk: Tap foot. Lights Blink. Cross Street.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009“Along Seattle’s historic waterfront I happened upon a unique pedestrian-activated crosswalk that blinks as people cross. Yes, I have seen over a dozen lighted ped signals before in myriad cities, but all required the user to press a button to manually begin the cycle. So, you ask, how is this one different?..”
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