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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Last week Streetfilms founder Mark Gorton was on a speaking tour in India and we were there to document. Here's a taste of the tour. Mark is an information technology and finance entrepreneur, and he was able to bring his presentation, "Rethinking the Automobile: Lessons from 100 years of Urban Experience with the Automobile” to [...]
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 [...]
Every year the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) picks one or two cities deserving of the Sustainable Transport Award. San Francisco and Medellín, Colombia, are this year’s winners. Streetfilms worked with ITDP to document these two cities and we'll be releasing videos on each this spring. But since I just returned from Medellín, [...]
Danielle Baskin from Belle Helmets painted these beautiful and whimsical custom helmets for the Streetfilms crew!
SF: Tell us about your Bus Chick column. CS: I’ve been writing about what I call “transit culture” for almost six years. There are lots of people writing—probably a lot better than I could—about transit policy and urban planning. I sometimes touch on those subjects, but I’m much more interested in what’s happening on the ground: [...]
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