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Cycling Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on July 15, 2010 | 25,971 Plays

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 videos out there. Since there were an abundance of advocates, planners, and city transportation officials attending from the U.S. and Canada, we thought it'd be awesome to get their reactions to the city's built environment and compare to bicycling conditions in their own cities.

Voices From The National Bike Summit

by Elizabeth Press on March 15, 2010 | 3,658 Plays

Last week, hundreds of bike advocates descended on Washington D.C. for the tenth annual National Bike Summit -- the largest one yet. Hosted by the League of American Bicyclists, the summit is always a great opportunity for advocates to share ideas and make the case for cycling on Capitol Hill. This year attendees encouraged their [...]

Making a Better Market Street in San Francisco

by John Hamilton on December 14, 2009 | 2,756 Plays

For decades, planners and transportation specialists have debated how San Francisco's most important street could be re-visioned to  make it work better for transit, pedestrians, cyclists, shoppers, and those living on or near it. Now, as the Better Market Street Project moves forward with trial traffic diversions, the Art in Storefronts project, music and programming [...]

Making a Better Market Street

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on March 13, 2009 | 3,849 Plays

In this Streetfilms look at San Francisco's Market Street we talk to cyclists, advocates, users, planners, and decision makers about what is wrong with the space (and how they might fix it.)

Streetsblog Comes to San Francisco

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on January 8, 2009 | 3,006 Plays

While on the West Coast in October for the Railvolution Conference, the announcement went out that San Francisco would become the third chapter in the Streetsblog sisterhood. Hip Hip Hooray!