Cooking Up Bike Co-Ops in Los Angeles
Streetfilms checked out three bicycle co-ops in Los Angeles where the spirit of community and helping others reign supreme.
131 Posts from 2008:
LA Gets Diagonal Crosswalks (again)
In an effort to improve pedestrian safety and traffic flow, the LADOT recently installed ten diagonal crosswalks/pedestrian scrambles/Barnes dances (just pick one, they all mean the same) around the metro area.
West Coast News and New Streetfilms Stats!
As some of you may know, I had a long ten day trek to the West Coast to participate in San Francisco's Railvolution, to give a Streetfilms screening at the SF Main Library, ride Critical Mass, head down to L.A. and shoot two other Streetfilms, for a grand West Coast total of five! For those [...]
SF Critical Mass Halloween 2008
On my recent West Coast Streetfilms swing, I got to jump into the San Francisco Critical Mass dressed as a "bee" (ironically my childhood nickname!) Although we don't often cover alot of critical mass here on our pages, I thought this one would be apropos since it promised to have up to 5,000 participants, and [...]
Sunday Parkways Chicago
One Chicago neighborhood closes it's streets to cars, transforming it into a safe, healthy and fun public space.
Over 1,000,000 plays on Streetfilms!
A few months back we posted that there were one million plays of Streetfilms in the universe (seeing that we can't really track alien watching habits, we'll say Earth-only watches.) Now, we can report this week Streetfilms has skyrocketed past 1,000,000 plays on our site! Our estimate of viewings of all Streetfilms media sources (YouTube, [...]
Alewife Station’s Bike Cage: Cambridge, Mass.
In the greater Boston area, a secure bike parking facility for bikes has been erected at Alewife Station, at the end of the T's Red Line in Cambridge. It boasts one incredible amenity: it's completely free!
Streetfilms in San Francisco this Wednesday!
This week we are in San Francisco for the annual RailVolution Conference so we decided to take advantage of that and program a night of Streetfilms. As always, the screening is free to the public and presented by the San Francisco Bike Coalition and the Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom; co-sponsored by the Stegner Environmental [...]
Report from Boston: Streetfilm vs “streetfilm”
Fresh off an awesome Streetfilms event in Cambridge hosted by LivableStreets Alliance and attended by over 70 people (where they premiered their first self-produced "streetfilm" on Boston PARKing Day 2008), I thought we would address the growing use of the term "streetfilm" in the livable streets lexicon. First off, we are very happy people around [...]
P.S. 76′s Bike Rodeo
A Bronx elementary school implements a bike safety curriculum and celebrates its culmination with a good old-fashioned bike rodeo.
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