Mechanic Hal Ruzal from Bicycle Habitat grades the bike locking ability of New Yorkers. Avoid a bad grade and listen to his advice.
Archive for April, 2007
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Hal Grades Your Bike Locking
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“Contested Streets” Premieres on StreetFilms in May!
Later this May, StreetFilms will be posting the WORLD WEB PREMIERE of "Contested Streets: Breaking New York City Gridlock." The film explores the history of NYC's streets and contrasts our current transportation policies with some of the achievements of cities like London, Paris, and Copenhagen, where car travel is being deemphasized in favor of safer streets, more cyclist amenities, faster mass transit, and people-first environments.
Here we present the awesome trailer for your early consumption if you haven't seen it already. The film is Directed by Stefan Schefer from Cicala Filmworks, Produced by Diane Crespo, and co-Produced by Mark Gorton. Paul Steely White from Transportation Alternatives served as a Consulting Producer.
Can't wait? Order "Contested Streets" directly from the T.A. website today.
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Little Legs for Green Streets
Students at P.S. 321 in Park Slope participated in an Earth Day walkathon to raise money for three non-profit green groups, including Transportation Alternatives.
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Talking Transportation with Bob Kiley
Bob Kiley who served as Commissioner of Transport for London from 2001 to 2006 talks about congestition pricing, the benefits it has brought to London, and possibilites for New York City.
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Photo: Physically Separated Bike Lane…sorta
This Park Slope phenomenon is interesting. On street cleaning rule days, people in the Slope will still double park, but they do it outside the bike lane!
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Mark Your Calendars for StreetFilms!
We'll be presenting many StreetFilms and participating in a discussion about livable cities at the
next Sustainable Flatbush event, a new group trying to raise the dialogue in central Brooklyn about changing our streets and culture to be more green and sustainable. Come on out, we hear their first event drew a crowd in a raging snowstorm!WHEN: Friday, April 27th 8 PM to midnight.
WHERE: Vox Pop Cafe/Bookstore, 1022 Cortleyou Road (at Stratford) 718.940.2084
OTHER DEETS: DJs plus yummy food & drink specials all night.
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Cyclist of the Month: Pete Wagner
Pete Wagner a furniture maker from Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn gave up his car, bought a bike trailer and uses it to shuttle tools and
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StreetFilms News 2x
The StreetFilms juggernaut "The Case for Separated Bike Lanes" continues to thrive. Having already inspired debate around the world and seen nearly 40,000 times here, on YouTube and our NYCSR site, it was just accepted for The Bicycle Film Festival this May!
Next month, StreetFilms will also be on local access television in Miami & Portland.
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David Byrne’s Bike STOLEN!
Sad news to report...David Byrne's bike has been taken by a cowardly thief!! Dang!
You may ask yourself, "Who would do such a thing?" Unfortunately, those of us in NYC know it is all too common. In fact if you've only had one bike stolen, consider yourself lucky.
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Icons of a Living City
Icons of a Living City is a trio of uplifting posters from Transportation Alternatives encouraging New Yorkers to walk, bike, and take mass transit.
We here at StreetFilms love 'em and their positive vibe. So much so, we got our hands on some high resolution files to present some of the fine details in what might be the first of its kind: a one minute commercial for posters!
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StreetFilms: Coming to a theater near you?
Four of our Streetfilms including "The Sidewalk Nibblers" will be showing this September at the Walk/Bike conference in Davis, California.
We also just learned "The Eric Ng Memorial Ride" has been accepted for 2007's
Bicycle Film Festival in New York City.
Just a reminder, our films are free to transpo groups, organizations, festivals or anyone that wants to spread the livable city love. Read up more here and send us an e-mail. -
Clarence: The Traffic Calming Maniac
Sometimes the alternative transportation world doesn't have to be all serious and analytical as this impromptu, "transportation comedy" short shows.
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How do I make a better StreetFilm?
We recently recieved this nice comment:
IanD: "...the work that [StreetFilms] is doing is fantastic and makes the stories on the streets really accessible. I’d love to add more well-produced pieces, but just don’t have the technical skills...Would you be interested in sharing some hints and tips?"Clarence: In late Spring, we plan to host at least [...]
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Bike Move!
Meet members of Portland's warm and innovative bike community where dozens of folks regularly help others move their belongings to a new abode using nothing but bike power.
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Spreading the Message of StreetFilms
The website Anti-Mag recently featured a detailed interview with StreetFilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. (below) about his work with StreetFilms, bikeTV, his advocacy careeer and some personal opinons about the state of transportation in New York.
Question: You've met some famous cyclists and interesting people along the way. Who was most exciting to talk to?
Clarence: Enrique Penalosa always makes me swoon. In our field, he is godlike status. When he speaks you devour every phrase he utters like it is some kind of transportation vitamin for the soul.
For the full article click here.
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Room To Breathe: NYC
Transportation Alternatives (T.A.) gathered a gaggle of cyclists on 42nd Street in Manhattan to stage a dramatic visual that shows how much street space is gained if more people rode bicycles or took mass transit instead of driving personal cars.
