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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.
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.)
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.
Streetopia: Reimagining NYC's West 72nd Street for People, Transit & Bikes
Streetopia Upper West Side's vision for West 72nd Street includes some core ideas like bus priority lanes, connecting Central & Riverside Parks with safe bike lanes, more space for pedestrians to sit and relax and repurposing the curb for deliveries.
New Queens Boulevard Bike Lanes are W-I-D-E: Check out the Before/Afters
Recently NYC DOT installed 2 miles of new parking-protected bike lanes on the east & west sides of Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside. They're very wide and have transformed the corridor. Our before/afters are unbelievable to see.
Talking Concrete Protection for Bike Lanes with NYC DOT
Sean Quinn, NYC DOT's Associate Deputy Commissioner of Office of Livable Streets, gave us an exclusive about recent places systemwide where the department has been adding concrete to better protected bike lanes.
Montreal has the Best Daylighting in North America
While on a summer family vacation in Montreal for the 4th year in a row, I brought my tiny gimbal along and just started recording because it seemed everywhere we went there was ample daylighting/curb extensions with almost always beautiful flower plantings or arrangements. So VIOLA! a montage for you!
These Providence Speed Humps Are Like Car Kryptonite
While on vacation in Providence, RI, I observed this stretch of West Main Street where they've installed a series of these modular speed humps and they work really really well. They would dramatically slow most vehicles from the 20-30+ mph range to 5mph (or less!).