http://www.streetfilms.org Filming the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 16 May 2008 00:33:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Continuing with our  NYC bike month coverage, last week I had the chance to shoot at Recycle-A-Bicycle in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Recycle-A-Bicycle takes donated bicycles, repairs them and reintroduces them to the community through earn-a-bike programs in schools and sales from their non-profit retail locations. Although their work mainly focuses on ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/rab-ladies-repair/ Traffic calming stop-animation #3. Diagonal diverters, half closures, entrance barriers, median barriers, semi-diverters; traffic calming techniques come in all shapes and sizes. They can help create more livable communities. As demonstrated in this short animation, once the diverters are in place, traffic decreases on the side street. Cars on the side ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/animation-semi-diverter/ With an abysmally-low $20 million debut, perhaps the public took out their anger of rising gas prices on Speed Racer? O.K. probably not, but you certainly won't find sadness here for the latest from The Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix Trilogy). Originally a late 60s, Japanese animation import, Speed ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/view-from-the-street-speed-racer/ With an enormous number of livable streets stories and activities on the horizon in NYC this summer, Streetfilms will be looking for help. So if you are very good with a camera, know transportation issues and are familiar with the current momentum of livable streets, send us your deets! ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/streetfilms-looking-for-freelancers/ If it's Bike Month, then Transportation Alternatives must be hosting their annual commuter pit stops with help from NYC DOT and the five Boro President's offices. Yesterday, it was a Queens afternoon snack and we thought we'd take the pulse of cyclists departing the QBB as they got some ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/snackin-free-schwag-for-cyclists-in-queens/ If you haven't heard yet, it is bike month in New York. This year over 200 rides, tours, and events are planned. To help kick things off, City Commissioners & Transportation Alternatives held a bike ride down 9th Avenue's protected bike lane and a press conference in the pedestrian plaza ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/kicking-off-bike-month/ Finally cajoled into taking the long trip to Melbourne, I was told to expect a city where walking abounded, where the streets were flowing with energy, where the quality of public space would blow my mind. Little did I know my already high expectations would be pleasantly exceeded. Melbourne is ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/melbourne/ Streetfilms Nicholas Whitaker took a back seat, rush hour ride with City Planner Deborah Murphy through the streets of Los Angeles. Murphy pointed out some of the difficulties one encounters in L.A. as a pedestrian advocate, commuter, and champion for change. Murphy: "...people say, Yeah I care about the ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/drive-around-la/ Last night at the Municipal Art Society, NYC DOT Commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, and her team unveiled "Sustainable Streets" - a Strategic Plan for 2008 and beyond. The house was packed and since many weren't able to get a ticket to the hottest livable streets party in town, we posted ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/janette-sadik-khans-sustainable-streets/ Nearly five years ago, legendary bike mechanic Hal Ruzal and I walked the streets surrounding Bicycle Habitat and graded the bike locking ability of New Yorkers - producing many humorous and enlightening anecdotes. The resulting video aired frequently on bikeTV and at many festivals, and because ... http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/hal-and-kerri-grade-your-bike-locking/