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		<title>D.C.&#8217;s DOT Director talks &#8220;Transportation Freedom&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet Gabe Klein who was appointed new director of Washington D.C.'s Department of Transportation (DDOT) in December 2008.  With an interesting background which includes four years working for Zipcar, Mr. Klein was brought in with the idea of looking at the job from a fresh perspective (check out: Potholepalooza!) and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/dcs-dot-director-talks-transportation-freedom/</link>
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		<title>Summer Streets Are Back!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week the return and expansion of the Summer Streets program along with more than 1,500 free events taking place throughout New York City this summer.  The Mayor was joined by the Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, who noted that some 50,000 people enjoyed Summer ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/summer-streets-are-back/</link>
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		<title>San Francisco Carves a Park from the Midst of Its Pavement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The entire family of San Francisco city agencies responsible for maintaining its streets made an unconventional decision to close a portion of a street to cars and convert the new space into a simple, yet elegant, public plaza.  The project combines all the important elements of plaza creation that ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/san-francisco-carves-a-park-from-the-midst-of-its-pavement/</link>
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		<title>Hudson River Crossings: Improving Bus Capacity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 315,000 bus riders cross the Hudson River each weekday. More than half of these bus riders travel through the Lincoln Tunnel but the exclusive bus lane that only operates during the morning rush hour is at capacity.

Check out our latest production to find out more information about these crossings ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/hudson-river-crossings-improving-bus-capacity/</link>
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		<title>Celebrate Bike Valet!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of riding your bike to Celebrate Brooklyn this summer but worried about finding a safe and reliable place to lock up?  Look no further than the Celebrate Brooklyn Bike Zone, where friendly volunteers from Transportation Alternatives will take great care of your ride while you enjoy the sights and sounds of Celebrate ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/celebrate-bike-valet/</link>
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		<title>After School with Livable Streets Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This spring, Livable Streets Education worked with teacher Tim Devaney at De La Salle Academy in Manhattan to bring real world issues into the classroom and the classroom out into the real world.  This afterschool program allowed students to explore, observe and interact with the streets and public space around ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/materials-pencil-eraser-speed-gun/</link>
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		<title>Phoenix&#8217;s METRO Light Rail Takes Flight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that Phoenix has a huge sprawl problem. But now transit-oriented development is on the upswing in this Sun Belt metropolis. In December, the Phoenix region opened one of the most ambitious transit projects in recent U.S. history: a 20-mile light rail line with 28 stops serving three cities ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/phoenixs-metro-light-rail-takes-flight/</link>
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		<title>Queens Boulevard Bike Pool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the second Friday of the month, Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee leads a "bike pool" along Queens Boulevard.  This street is a critical, yet dangerous part of many bike commutes in Queens. By riding together in a group each month, the bike pool aims to educate drivers that bikes ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/queens-blvd-bike-pool/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Snowy High Line&#8221; (2003)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a very cold December day in 2003 - I recall being sick and the wind chill near zero - when I was able to go up on The High Line after a moderate snow storm and shoot some video.  And until the recent whoosh of publicity over ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/snowy-high-line-2003/</link>
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		<title>Tour De Brooklyn 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transportation Alternatives' 5th Annual Tour de Brooklyn was held yesterday. The 23-mile ride started and finished in Coney Island.  Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz was there to see the ride off. As he spoke, Transportation Alternatives Executive Director, Paul Steely White pedaled to power the microphone. Check out this years ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/tour-de-brooklyn-2009/</link>
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		<title>Matthew Modine rallies support for &#8220;Bicycle For A Day&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Modine founder of the advocacy group "Bicycle for a Day" held a fundraising party for this project last night at Solar One, the City’s first solar-powered “Green Energy, Arts, and Education Center.” Modine plan's to recycle New York City's junk bikes and distribute them around the world so more ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/matthew-modine-rallies-support-for-bicycle-for-a-day/</link>
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		<title>Brian Lehrer Talks Streetfilms!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Streetfilms Fans! After Brian Leher became a victim of bicycle theft earlier this week, he invited Hal Ruzel into the studio for some lessons in bike locking.  You may remember Hal from such Streetfilms as Hal Grades Your Bike Locking 3: The Final Warning and Hal (and Kerri) Grade ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/brian-lehrer-talks-streetfilms/</link>
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		<title>The Queensboro Bridge turns 100!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's extremely rare you get to cross one of New York City's major bridges by foot using the main roadway, but early Sunday morning that's just what happened as the Queensboro Bridge turned a hardy 100!

The NYC Bridge Centennial Commission is in the midst of celebrating the completion dates of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/the-queensboro-bridge-turns-100/</link>
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		<title>Block Party NYC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2008 was the kickoff for BlockParty NYC, a new on-line initiative to promote block parties in the five boroughs.   The site helps you plan your own block party or find and existing parties near you so that you can enjoy a day free from the usual hazards of a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/block-party-nyc/</link>
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		<title>Meet Veronica Moss, A.U.T.O. Lobbyist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what folks working for sustainable transportation at the federal level are up against on K Street? For this Streetfilms exclusive event, we were granted unfettered access to Veronica Moss,   lobbyist for Automobile Users Trade Organization (AUTO). Veronica gave us a few precious moments inside her SUV ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/meet-veronica-moss-auto-lobbyist/</link>
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		<title>Bike Parking Respect in Chicago: McDonald&#8217;s Cycle Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago's Millennium Park hosts of one of the most incredible amenities for cyclists in the United States: McDonald's Cycle Center.  So sit back and take a most excellent tour with Bike And Roll's Josh Squire, who manages the facility through an agreement with the city.

It's enough to make bike ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/bike-parking-respect-in-chicago-mcdonalds-cycle-center/</link>
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		<title>Brooklyn Students Paint the Pavement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In what is being called the first ever of its kind in New York City, Livable Streets Education teamed up with Community Roots Charter School and PS 67 and got a helping hand from New York Cares and The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership to paint a magnificent street mural on ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/ps-67-paints-the-pavement-in-brooklyn/</link>
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		<title>Commuting with the Commissioner on NYC&#8217;s Bike to Work Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Between 2007 and 2008 bicycling in NYC leapt an amazing 35%.  And looking at the streets it's easy to see why: bike lanes, racks &#38; other amenities are popping up everywhere; it's practically a renaissance. There are now 185,000 daily riders on the streets.

Today, NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan was one of them, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/nyc-bike-to-work-day-09/</link>
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		<title>2 Million Served!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are proud to report that the official number of plays of all Streetfilms has now reached 2 million!  That's it, end of news item. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/2-million-served/</link>
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		<title>Hal Grades Your Bike Locking 3: The Final Warning!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's Bike Month - which means there are scads of neophytes out there nationwide giving cycling a try.  Oh goody!  But, oh baddy - it also means more improper locking - and we all know there are predators just licking their chops at the thought of stealing all or part ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/hal-grades-your-bike-locking-3-the-final-warning/</link>
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