Thanks to our generous and supportive readers, Streetsblog and Streetfilms are almost halfway to our goal of raising $30,000 by June 1. We’ve got two weeks left to raise $17,000 — help us reach that target so we can keep making the case for designing cities around people, not cars. Your donations directly fund the original reporting, commentary, and [...]
We've done over 450 Streetfilms in nearly 6 years! We've been a lot of places. We've explored a lot of ideas. We've interviewed the top world experts in the transportation & livable streets realm. We figured it was time to celebrate, so enjoy our sassy 2012 promo celebrating all that and more with this montage-arama [...]
How cool is it that we were awarded the Golden Sasquatch Award at our Ithaca presentation a few weeks ago? Actually, heck, let's be honest - it's the coolest award we'll probably ever get. Forget a head of state giving us a key to the city. Or a proclamation for a National Streetfilms Day. Or a [...]
Tom Radulovich, the executive director of the local non-profit Livable City, describes the recent livable streets achievements in San Francisco as "tactical urbanism" -- using low-cost materials like paint and bollards to reclaim street space. That willingness to experiment was a big reason that the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) gave its 2012 Sustainable Transport Award to [...]
Though it's sad we still allow cars to drive through NYC's Central & Prospect Parks, there've been numerous victories over the years as advocates have nibbled away hours cars have been allowed in our parks. Flashback to 2004: there had been little to get excited about in nearly ten years on the car-free Central Park movement. [...]
We’re launching our spring pledge drive here on Streetfilms today, and we have some exciting prizes to give away to contributors. Before we talk about that, here's a few points about the importance of reader donations to Streetfilms and the impact your gift will have… With NYC bike-share around the corner, we need your support to cover [...]
During his decade long effort to understand and improve the streets of New York City, entrepreneur and livable streets advocate Mark Gorton has gathered together a compelling set of examples of how transportation policy impacts the quality of our daily lives.
Can you believe this? Does this get you riled up? You need to take a gander at this new commercial for Mazda's CX-5, an advertising partner for Universal Pictures Dr. Suess' "The Lorax". It's the latest, most outrageous act of Hollywood greed. "Certified Truffula Tree Friendly"?! I can't tell you how sick that "endorsement" makes me. [...]
Karyn Williams co-founded Velo-City in 2010 along with Samelys Lopez and Naomi Doerner. Karyn tells us how Velo-City allows them to share their passion about urban planning with young people and motivate them towards a career in the field. And how Streetfilms plays a small role in that. SF: What are the main goals of [...]
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