Streetfilms
Moving Beyond the Automobile: Highway Removal
In this week's episode of "Moving Beyond the Automobile," Streetfilms takes you on a guided tour of past, present and future highway removal projects with John Norquist of the Congress for the New Urbanism.Some of the most well-known highway removals in America -- like New York City's West Side Highway and San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway -- have actually been unpredictable highway collapses brought on by structural deficiencies or natural disasters. It turns out there are good reasons for not rebuilding these urban highways once they become rubble: They drain the life from the neighborhoods around them, they suck wealth and value out of the city, and they don't even move traffic that well during rush hour.
March 29, 2011
Moving Beyond the Automobile: Congestion Pricing
In the fifth chapter of "Moving Beyond the Automobile," we demystify the concept of congestion pricing in just five short minutes. Here you'll learn why putting a price on scarce road space makes economic sense and how it benefits many different modes of surface transportation.
March 15, 2011
Bike Summit: Congressional Bike Ride (for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords)
The National Bike Summit, organized by the League of American Bicyclists, culminated Friday morning with a Congressional Bike Ride. This year's ride was held in support of Rep. Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords and was the largest in LAB history. At the beginning of the ride, Executive Director Andy Clarke held a moment of silence for all the victims of the Tuscon shootings and riders wore flags, pins and bracelets in their honor.
March 14, 2011
On Eve of National Bike Summit, A Renewed Push for Separated Bike Lanes
The National Bike Summit begins tomorrow, bringing together an estimated 750 cycling advocates. They'll hear from NYCDOT Chief Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, and they'll descend on Congress in droves, plastic bike pins fastened to their lapels, to deliver a message about safe cycling access.
March 7, 2011
Moving Beyond the Automobile: Bicycling
In the second chapter of Streetfilms' Moving Beyond the Automobile series, we're taking a look at bicycling.
February 22, 2011
In San Francisco: People, Parklets, and Pavement to Parks
In San Francisco, the Pavement to Parks program has launched an initiative that may someday alter the way many dense U.S. cities decide to treat the streets of their commercial strips.
May 17, 2010
Secure Bike Parking at Union Station
Washington, D.C.'s Bikestation
is one of the sleeker and more fully-featured bike parking facilities
that Streetfilms has ever seen. Located at Union Station, the
Bikestation provides secure parking for more than a hundred bicycles,
offers repair, rentals, lockers, and a changing room. Members get 24/7
access.
April 13, 2010
Streetfilms: Voices From the National Bike Summit
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 senators and representatives to sign on to several key pieces of legislation, including the Active Community Transportation Act, Safe Routes to School Act, and the Urban Revitalization and Livable Communities Act.
March 15, 2010
Times Square, Then and Now: A Streetfilms Retrospective
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 not have increased across the board, without paying much attention to the tremendous difference this project has made for hundreds of thousands of pedestrians every day.
February 5, 2010