A few years ago, it was pretty big news when on-street bike parking or a bike oasis was installed in any city. Today, though it is always welcome news, it hardly merits a report. However, on New York City's 9th Avenue protected bike lane (which back in the day was NYC's first) three bike oasises [...]
The above apocalyptic-looking still is one of many shots of the South Bronx (circa 1980) from the opening montage to my favorite, New York City-set movie "Wolfen", an often forgotten film (even among horror buffs) about shape-shifters defending their land from greedy fat-cat developers. Though not a 5 star movie, it's a very solid tale [...]
People ask me how I came to shoot transportation videos, what school I went to, what my training was, etc. Well here's the skinny: I was always good with cameras. I liked being outside and riding bikes. In the late 1990s when cameras got small enough to fit in a camera bag or wear around [...]
The National Association of City Transportation Officials' 2012 Designing Cities Conference drew hundreds of city transportation officials from around the U.S. to New York City last fall to share ideas and learn about the latest innovations from places around the country. As you'll see, the conference featured some nice twists on the usual fare and [...]
Local Spokes is a coalition of nine organizations that joined up to engage low-income residents, people of color, immigrants, and young people in the Lower East Side and Chinatown to envision the future of bicycling in their communities. To understand the transportation needs of the neighborhoods, Local Spokes conducted an extensive survey in 2010 and [...]
I see a lot of films. And since so many are shot on the streets of New York City, I'm quick to pick up on things that are inaccurate (or cool) about our quickly evolving transportation landscape. I recently got the latest "Resident Evil" chapter on Netflix. Why? Well as I've told many people - [...]
During his decade long effort to understand and improve the streets of New York City, entrepreneur and livable streets advocate Mark Gorton has gathered together a compelling set of examples of how transportation policy impacts the quality of our daily lives.
Zozo is a large purple creature who likes green transportation and public spaces. Want to learn more about Zozo? Tune in to The Search for the Zozo for a little Zozo primer. Also, visit Streets Education to find Zozo resources for teachers.
Zozo is a large purple creature who likes green transportation and public spaces. Want to learn more about Zozo? Tune in to The Search for the Zozo for a little Zozo primer. Also, visit Streets Education to find Zozo resources for teachers.
Zozo is a large purple creature who likes green transportation and public spaces. Want to learn more about Zozo? Tune in to The Search for the Zozo for a little Zozo primer. Also, visit Streets Education to find Zozo resources for teachers.
Zozo is a large purple creature who likes green transportation and public spaces. Want to learn more about Zozo? Tune in to The Search for the Zozo for a little Zozo primer. Also, visit Streets Education to find Zozo resources for teachers.
Zozo is a large purple creature who likes green transportation and public spaces. Want to learn more about Zozo? Tune in to The Search for the Zozo for a little Zozo primer. Also, visit Streets Education to find Zozo resources for teachers.
Zozo is a large purple creature who likes green transportation and public spaces. Want to learn more about Zozo? Tune in to The Search for the Zozo for a little Zozo primer. Also, visit Streets Education to find Zozo resources for teachers.
Zozo is a large purple creature who likes green transportation and public spaces. Want to learn more about Zozo? Tune in to The Search for the Zozo for a little Zozo primer. Also, visit Streets Education to find Zozo resources for teachers.
Zozo is a large purple creature who likes green transportation and public spaces. Want to learn more about Zozo? Tune in to The Search for the Zozo for a little Zozo primer. Also, visit Streets Education to find Zozo resources for teachers.
Zozo is a large purple creature who likes green transportation and public spaces. Want to learn more about Zozo? Tune in to The Search for the Zozo for a little Zozo primer. Also, visit Streets Education to find Zozo resources for teachers.
Cycling in New York City overcame a much undeserved, unfair, zealous media bombardment in 2011. But as usual we just kept biking and NYC's numbers kept growing - doubling since 2007. And as demonstrated over and over, public opinion polls show cycling & bike lanes enjoy broad support in the general public, a fact that [...]
We are back with another installment of our hit series, "My NYC Biking Story." Recently Streetfilms spent the afternoon with Dr. Janice Turner in the South Bronx, and we toured some of her favorite waterfront trails. As a recreational cyclist for forty-plus years and a board member of Sustainable South Bronx, Dr. Turner believes that [...]
Friday is National Bike to Work Day, and if you're looking for a little motivation to get on your bicycle, meet Lucette Gilbert. Lucette says she is in her "very late 70s" and biking since she was 7 years old. So, by my calculations, she has been riding a bike for some 70 years! She [...]
Marcus Woollen is a prime example of what bicycling can do for your mind, body and spirit. Fifteen months ago, after being declared obese by his doctors, he decided he needed to get healthy and find a way to fit exercise into his busy schedule. So he tried bike commuting from Jackson Heights, Queens to [...]
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