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By Clarence Eckerson

Streetfacts: Americans Are Driving Less

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 3, 2013 | No Comments

We continue our Streetfacts series by looking at the data on driving in the U.S. Per-capita driving has declined every year since 2005. That’s not a blip, it’s now an 8-year trend. The reason? Neither the state of the economy nor changes in gas prices offer a satisfactory explanation. Social preferences and demographic shifts seem to […]

Streetfacts: Bike Lanes Aren’t Just for Big Cities

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 29, 2013 | No Comments

Welcome to the first of five shorts we’re calling Streetfacts. With Streetfacts, we’ll be highlighting developing trends affecting transportation and planning policy, as well as addressing the cost of “bad practices” that prevent us from shifting to a more balanced transportation network that supports more livable places. As Streetfilms viewers know, many of the big […]

Voices From the National Women’s Bicycling Forum

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 7, 2013 | No Comments

For the second year running, the Women’s Bicycling Forum kicked off the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC. About 300 people attended, and Streetfilms got to take their pulse on the state of bicycling for women and collect some suggestions about how to grow the number of women who ride. Here’s a sampling of what […]

San Francisco: Reclaiming Streets With Innovative Solutions

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 25, 2012 | No Comments

Tom Radulovich, the executive director of the local non-profit Livable City, describes the recent livable streets achievements in San Francisco as “tactical urbanism” — using low-cost materials like paint and bollards to reclaim street space. That willingness to experiment was a big reason that the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) gave its 2012 Sustainable Transport Award to San […]

Active Living For All Ages: Creating Neighborhoods Around Transit

By Robin Urban Smith | Apr 17, 2012 | No Comments

Streetfilms teamed up with the Public Policy Institute at AARP to bring you a look at how Arlington, Virginia plans for its senior population using transit-oriented development (TOD). Arlington has been practicing TOD since the late 1970s, when Washington’s Metrorail first began service there, and it’s proved very effective in accommodating the population growth of this […]

From Minnesota to Mississippi, Telling Congress to Save Bike-Ped Programs

By Elizabeth Press and Ben Fried | Mar 27, 2012 | No Comments

Ed. Note: As of 3:30pm EDT, the House has concluded debate on a 60-day extension of transportation programs, with a vote scheduled for later tonight. Stay tuned for further coverage. For more than 20 years, federal funding for bike and pedestrian safety has enabled American cities and towns to invest in transportation projects that state […]

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