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Archive for the ‘Traffic Enforcement’ Category

  • Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Give Me a Ticket!

    A humorous but enlightening look at the visual signals drivers send to try to avoid getting a parking ticket.

  • Crosswalks #1

    The streets of NYC can be very dangerous for pedestrians. And we think this footage is on the mild side.

  • Clowns Liberate Bike Lanes

    Bicycling clowns use humor to enlighten motorists parked in bike lanes.

  • UWS Streets Renaissance: Double Parking

    Mark Gorton and neighbor Lisa Sladkus point out the perils of double parking on the UWS.

  • LOOKing to Make Cycling Safer in NYC

    New public safety initiative from the NYC DOT.

  • Pedestrian: Obey! What’s up with this?

    Bicycling home from the Village, came across this sign at corner of Washington & Barrow Streets asking peds to obey all pedestrian traffic laws.
    Anyone know what this is for? Odd corner; very low traffic volumes. Looks unofficial.

  • Count Cars Breaking the Law in Prospect Park!

    When Doug Gordon visits Prospect Park he always sees vehicles entering illegally after it is closed to cars at 7 pm. It made him mad, so he got out his video camera.

  • I.S. 89 Speed Gunning

    StreetFilms was out at I.S. 89 in Manhattan last week working with Brooke DuBose and Graham Beck of Transportation Alternatives. The middle school students, with the help of Manhattan Youth's Bob Townley, organized an after-school speed gunning event in response to two recent accidents involving motorists and students crossing the West Side Highway on their [...]

  • Red Hook Lane: Illegal Parking Lot to History

    Cars parked illegally on Red Hook Lane in Brooklyn and its history.

  • Portland, Ore. - Crosswalk Enforcement Actions

    In Portland, OR, you can get a $242 ticket for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

  • PSA-Cab in a Crosswalk

    See how much disruption and danger one taxi cab stuck in a Times Square crosswalk can create.

  • PSA-Pedestrian Obstacle Course

    A visual example of the hoops through which a pedestrian must jump to cross a street in Times Square.

  • Greenwich Street

    A popular crosswalk (at Greenwich and Duane Streets) used by children, the elderly and families walking to Washington Market Park is constantly ignored by motorists. The dangerous situation has been the target of reforms by local schools and community organizations, including The Washington Market Park Board. The Park Board has formed the "Tribeca Kids Safety [...]

  • Nicole’s Journey

    Bronx resident, Nicole Duncan, films the daily, perilous, pedestrian conditions while walking her children to school.

  • Atlantic Avenue

    Residents, business-people and community leaders speak out against the speeding and congestions problems on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue that have resulted in a number of recent accident-related fatalities.

  • PSA-Dirty Little Secret

    An inequitable use of parking by government agencies is a dirty little secret in Chinatown.

  • Above The Law: Government Parking Permit Abuse in NYC

    Transportation Alternatives releases a comprehensive study on permit parking abuse.

  • Miracle Ticket

    Sometimes when you are armed with a camera in New York City, miracles do happen.