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See Ghent’s Tremendous Quality of Life In All Its Streefilms Glory
Ghent, Belgium instituted a Traffic Circulation Plan in 2017 and ever since its residents have experienced a better quality of life by limiting the intrusion of car trips thru the city center - leading to safer, quieter streets and making the environment for walking, biking and taking transit. Here you’ll see some of our best Streetfilms that will have you envying their journey and wanting it for your city too!
Ghent Kicked Out the Cars So You Can Walk, Bike, Live & Thrive in the City
This is my 1,111th Streetfilm!
See what it is like to live and visit Ghent, Belgium. Thanks to the Traffic Circulation Plan implemented in 2019 the city is safer to get around by bike, foot & transit, it’s quieter, less pollution and now more trips are made by bike in city center versus vehicles.
Foot Traffic Jam for Congestion Pricing!
To continue to support the great news of Congestion Pricing’s overwhelming success, Transportation Alternatives held a dance off near Columbus Circle.
Clarence Eckerson Jr. Featured on Active Towns!
Streetfilms has been lucky enough to get oft-mentioned in some of Active Towns chats and our director Clarence Eckerson Jr. has been in a few fun episodes. Watch!
A Streetfilms Investigation: Why is Nobody Using These CitiBikes?
Come along for our exploration investigation in to why uninformed and unenlightened New York residents (who essentially do not like Citi bikes) believe posting one photo of a Citi bike dock equals to them that the station is not in use. Of course, that is totally ridiculous.!
New Yorkers Rally in Times Square to tell Trump Congestion Pricing is staying put!
On Saturday hundreds of angry New Yorkers came out to tell President Trump and his Transportation Secretary that Congestion Pricing is here and we cannot go back to the way before when the city was choked with traffic.
Rate Your Daylighting: Come See our Ratings of NYC's Various Intersection Treatments
Daylighting is fun! And especially if you properly protect the corners on the intersections you install it. Come listen to our "Streetfilms team" as these "experts" tell us how they would "grade" the conditions on the streets of NYC! (Wink. Wink.)
The best before/after video highlights you can watch of 2024 NYC DOT bike innovations
In the second-half of 2024 Streetfilms made a lot of films focusing on really innovative designs by NYC DOT. And so for those who missed we present this great package of the newest stuff you haven’t seen!
Streetfilms credited being a vital force helping spread the ciclovia/open streets movement in the U.S.A and the world.
Streetfilms credited in this Slate article as being one of the vital forces of energy of helping spread the ciclovia/open streets movement in the U.S.A and around the world.
See how we can get our kids to school safely
You’d think one thing most parents, elected officials and people who work in education agree on is that our children should be able to travel safely to attend school. Across the country the majority of kids are driven in urban and rural areas, but In cities and denser regions pupils and families use their feet, transit, bikes and other means to get there.
NYC School Streets Are Flourishing, Open Plans Can Help You Apply!
Open Plans works directly with schools to make their school street dreams a reality! Wondering how this program can work for your community? Or not sure you have the resources to submit an application? We’re here to help.
Paris School Streets: Safe for Children, Safe for Everyone
Advocates and communities around the world have been talking about Paris School Streets not only because they make streets safer on those blocks for kids but by the swift and ample number Paris is implementing. A defining film hadn't been produced by any entity, so Streetfilms set out to change that with an excellent tool to enlighten & inspire.
Elected officials & advocates are pissed the QBB Ped Path failed to open again!
Transportation Alternatives held yet another rally and march across the south outer roadway of the Queensboro Bridge path after NYC DOT failed for the 5th time to meet their set date to open it to peds, walkers & runners.