Lessons from Bogotá
In Part 3 of our Bogotá trilogy we look at Cyclepaths, Parks, and some of the great initiatives undertaken to make it a more livable city.
Documenting Livable Streets Worldwide
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Streetfilms News: 15 Days Left in Our Spring Pledge Drive — This Week: Win a Vaya Bag
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 videos we produce – powerful content that influences the decision makers who shape our streets and neighborhoods.
For a bit of added incentive this week, we’re giving away a new handmade messenger bag from Vaya, makers of bags and other bike accessories using recycled materials, to one lucky reader who donates by May 24 at midnight. Here’s a look:
Readers who direct their donation specifically to Streetsblog NYC or Streetfilms by May 24 will also be eligible to win a tour for two of the Mast Brothers chocolate factory in Williamsburg, which comes with some intense chocolate bars too:
And don’t forget the big drawing at the end of the pledge drive for a new Schwinn city bike courtesy of Ride Brooklyn — everyone who donates $50 or more to Streetsblog NYC or Streetfilms will be entered to win.
If you value the work we do at Streetsblog and Streetfilms to advance livable streets and green transportation,please give. Thanks as always for reading.
Streetfilms News: Cornell Awards Us The Golden Sasquatch!
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 million dollar grant from the Clinton Global Initiative to fund our work.
Okay, maybe we'd take that million dollars, but still, how cool is this award from the great people of Ithaca? It has been enshrined in a proper place in the office. And since it is only a "Partial Lifetime Achievement", we'll keep working towards a full one. Thanks!
And for those who might be wondering what might have possibly inspired them? It coulda been this. Coulda.
Streetfilms News: Donate to Streetfilms This Spring and Be Eligible to Win Fabulous Goodies!
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 what promises to be the biggest livable streets story of the year. Maybe you’ve heard: 10,000 bikes at 600 stations will be on the streets in July. Help us thoroughly report on the preparation, launch, and day-to-day use of North America’s largest public bike system. After all, Streetfilms has proven to be the world leader in bike-share films as seen here in Paris, D.C., Minneapolis and Hangzhou!
- Last year we produced the highly acclaimed and groundbreaking Moving Beyond the Automobile series, which had nearly 150,000 views. This year we'd like to continue to break new ground in the transportation debate by making three new chapters in the Fixing the Great Mistake series. One of the films focusing directly on the drawbacks of the effect of surface parking on a city and the damage it does.
- With the world's eye on how the livable streets movement has been so successful here in NYC, we've been doing an incredible amount of outreach and presenting of our work in great places like Guadalajara, Cornell and Harvard. Don't miss us in the next month in NYC as we'll be talking at the NYC Bike Expo, the New Amsterdam Bicycle Show, and at REI Soho on June 1st!
We’ve got some great prizes to give away to lucky supporters. First, anyone who contributes $50 or more to Streetsblog NYC or Streetfilms by June 1 will be eligible to win a new Schwinn city bike courtesy of the excellent, family-run Ride Brooklyn bike shop on Bergen Street, just off of Flatbush. You can also enter the drawing by signing up to make a recurring monthly gift of just $4 or more — think of it as a subscription to the in-depth, livable streets content you find here at Streetfilms.
Here’s what the winner will take home thanks to the Ride Brooklyn folks: a Schwinn Jenny 7 or Schwinn Willy 7 — your choice.
There’s more. Anyone who gives by April 30 will also be eligible to win a one-year subscription to YES! Magazine, which happens to be Pete Seeger’s favorite publication.