A Case for Open Data in Transit

Ever find yourself waiting for the next bus, not knowing when it will arrive? Think it would be great if you could check ...
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Streetfilms Moves to Vimeo

Streetfilms has been working for the past few months to make videos even easier to access and at a higher quality. We've done ...
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Cycling Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes

While Streetfilms was in Copenhagen for the Velo-City 2010 conference, of course we wanted to showcase its biking greatness. But we were also looking to take a different perspective then all the myriad other ...
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NACTO’s “Cities for Cycling”

"Cities for Cycling" is a project of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) to document, promote and implement the world’s best bicycle transportation practices in U.S. cities. In this Streetfilm you'll see how ...
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Thousands Play in Oakland’s Streets at the First-Ever ‘Oaklavia’

On Sunday, June 27th, Downtown Oakland opened two miles of its streets to fun and activities—zumba dancing, circus arts, BMX bike competitions and performances from local musicians. Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) ...
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Velo-City 2010: Copenhagen Bike Parade

Last week, Copenhagen was the host for the Velo-City Global 2010 conference featuring over 1,000 attendees, advocates, and bike enthusiasts from all over the world.  It was awesome and awe-inspiring. The city that loves biking ...
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NYC Bike Month Montage (2010)

NYC Bike Month 2010 was awesome! In this funky montage wrap-up you'll get to see a dozen events with special guest stars Hal Ruzal, Randy "The Ethicist" Cohen and Eben "Bike Snob" Weiss, just ...
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NYC’s First Bike-to-School-Day Celebration

Today Brooklyn’s William Alexander School MS 51 was the first school in the five boroughs to host a Bike to School Day.   MS 51 celebrated Bike to School Day with the help of the ...
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Boston Rising: Boston Bikes’ Nicole Freedman

Other than some fantastic greenways like the Minuteman Trail, riding along the Charles, and some ahead-of-its-time traffic calming & bike lanes in Cambridge, cyclists have had very little to crow about in Boston. In ...
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San Jose Hosts Inaugural “ViaVelo” Event Celebrating Cycling

San Jose, California, recently joined cities around the world in promoting car-free streets by hosting its first ciclovía, the Mattson Technology ViaVelo, which opened a portion of San Fernando Street in downtown to ...
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Streetfilms News: Streetfilms Moves to Vimeo

Streetfilms has been working for the past few months to make videos even easier to access and at a higher quality. We've done this by migrating Streetfilms' entire video library to host on Vimeo, the user generated video sharing website.

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Streetfilms.org will still work and look the same, but by hosting vidoes on Vimeo, we'll enjoy some new perks:

  • Videos are now viral.  Embedded Vimeo videos can be re-embedded by clicking on the embed button built into the player.
  • Videos show up in Google Reader views.
  • Many videos are now available in HD.

In addition to these features, Streetfilms is also looking forward to Vimeo's upcoming HTML5 launch for embedded videos.  This means that videos will soon be accessible on most mobile devices.  Vimeo is working hard to lauch HTML5 capabilities, but until then, mobile users can view videos here: http://vimeo.com/user2352061.

Another exciting advantage is that videos now look fantastic when taken full screen.  So teachers, planners, policy makers and advocacy groups: warm up your projectors, and let Streetfilms help inspire and motivate your community.

We want to extend a great big Thank You, heck even a hug, to the good folks at Vimeo who've helped to make the Streetfilms experience even better.

If you encounter any problems with these new features, please drop us a line at info@streetfilms.org.  As always, we love to hear from you.

Fun Vimeo Fact via Wikipedia.org:

The name "Vimeo" was created by co-founder Jakob Lodwick. It is a play on the word "video", inserting the word "me" as a reference to the site's dedication to user-made films exclusively. It is also an anagram of "movie." The word is pronounced Vi-me-o.