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Transforming NYC Streets: A Conversation with Janette Sadik-Khan

In our exclusive Streetfilms interview, Janette Sadik-Khan talks with Executive Director, Mark Gorton, about some of the highlights her department has achieved in a very short period of time.

Tour de Bronx 2008

Over 4,000 riders took in the Bronx alfresco in the 14th annual version of this classic ride.

And the Winner is…

Okay, I was a little amazed we only had eight entries for our first contest (come on folks!) but the good news is that there was plenty of great fodder in those.  Everyone that entered had at least one gem amongst their suggestions for a NYC bus route.  For sheer ferociousness, I really loved Susan [...]

Win the first ever Streetfilms t-shirt contest!

From time to time we'll be giving away a Streetfilms t-shirt to a lucky reader or watcher. They are filled with American Apparel sweetness and of course they are a handsome shade of purple. It is the best shirt I have ever owned in my life and I will never wear anything again. I kid [...]

We are coming to Boston!

If you live in Boston, rejoice! Streetfilms will be in town (Cambridge) on Thursday, October 23rd courtesy of Livable Streets Boston's monthly STREET TALK program. All the details you can handle are here. Please come on out for lots of fun short films about transportation, bicycling and walking! (And I will rejoice in my esophagus [...]

HOP, SKIP, and JUMP aboard a Boulder Bus

Welcome to an innovative way of thinking about transit: ask your passengers to design routes, let them name them, and decide the frequency in which they operate. That's what Boulder, Colorado does and they sure seem to have discovered the right way to make bus riding fun and enticing!

Mobilized Moms for a Car-Free Central Park

A group of concerned Moms rally to get the word out, “No More Cars in Central Park!”

Bike-Thru Window Banking – Boulder, Colorado

How's this for customer service? The Pueblo Bank & Trust in Boulder, Colorado provides bicycle customers a bike drive-thru window!

Praise from the experts…what’s yours?

We love to toot our own horn (rather: tinkle our own bell!) from time to time, and why not?  We've been doing a lot of good work that the country and the world are drawing upon to educate and use as tools to change their communities and cities. Recently, we started a page on the [...]

Watch me on The Brian Lehrer Show

A few weeks ago I was on the Brian Lehrer Show and I wasn't half bad! Plus now I feel like a true New Yorker having finally been on there. Brian is really an amazing host who just makes you feel so at ease. It is like he is just part of the air while [...]