Mark Gorton is not only the co-founder of Streetfilms, he is an information technology and finance entrepreneur. His success is well recognized in India and drew crowds for his presentation, "Rethinking the Automobile: Lessons from 100 years of Urban Experience with the Automobile” by India's top thinkers, business leaders, and information technology students. In a [...]
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 [...]
Streetfilms teamed up with the Public Policy Institute at AARP to bring you a look at how Arlington, Virginia plans for its senior population using transit-oriented development (TOD). Arlington has been practicing TOD since the late 1970s, when Washington's Metrorail first began service there, and it's proved very effective in accommodating the population growth of [...]
For many who have heard of Medellín, Colombia, the name brings to mind the drug-related violence of the 1980s and 1990s, when it was often described as the most dangerous city in the world. Over the last decade, Medellín has worked hard to change its image. The local government is investing in education and social [...]
For more than 20 years, federal funding for bike and pedestrian safety has enabled American cities and towns to invest in transportation projects that state DOTs would otherwise have overlooked. Thanks to these programs, communities have helped main streets thrive, provided kids with safer routes to school, and made biking an attractive transportation option. The [...]
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