Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Streetfilms: Voices From the National Bike Summit

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 15, 2010 | No Comments

Last week, hundreds of bike advocates descended on Washington D.C. for the tenth annual National Bike Summit — the largest one yet. Hosted by the League of American Bicyclists, the summit is always a great opportunity for advocates to share ideas and make the case for cycling on Capitol Hill. This year attendees encouraged their […]

Times Square, Then and Now: A Streetfilms Retrospective

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 5, 2010 | No Comments

In New York City, Mayor Mike Bloomberg is expected to announce his verdict on Times Square’s new pedestrian spaces very soon. Will the changes be permanent? This morning Bloomberg told radio host John Gambling that we’ll find out sometime next week. In the meantime, the media has focused on rumors that Midtown traffic speeds may […]

Streetfilms: D.C. DOT Director Talks ‘Transportation Freedom’

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 2, 2009 | No Comments

Meet Gabe Klein, who was appointed to direct Washington D.C.’s Department of Transportation (DDOT) in December 2008. With a background that includes four years working for Zipcar, Klein was brought in to look at the city’s mobility problems from a fresh perspective. As he says: Cars are a part of our daily life here in […]

Streetfilms: Take a Ride on the Seattle Streetcar

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 10, 2009 | 15 Comments

Seattle’s South Lake Union Streetcar is a 1.3-mile line that opened in December 2007, the first leg in the city’s commitment to new transit and light rail. It passed the half million passenger milestone in its first year, surpassing ridership projections. The streetcar features many top-of-the-line tech amenities, including real time arrival message boards, solar-powered […]

Streetfilms: A Streetside Chat With Jan Gehl

By Brad Aaron | Nov 24, 2008 | No Comments

In November 2006, Danish planner Jan Gehl met Streetsblog Publisher Mark Gorton in Times Square to reflect on the state of the city’s public spaces. In this Streetfilm by Clarence Eckerson, EIC Aaron Naparstek catches up with Gehl in the new Madison Square to talk about what has changed in the intervening two years, and […]

Streetfilms: A New Vision for the Upper West Side

By Brad Aaron | Nov 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

Residents of all ages, electeds and planner-about-town Jan Gehl gathered at PS 87 last Thursday to mark the launch of "Blueprint for the Upper West Side: A Roadmap for Truly Livable Streets." A year-long community-based project of the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance campaign, the Blueprint [PDF], as its name implies, offers a detailed vision […]

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