As one gentleman said to me while admiring the new greenery and traffic islands in Grand Army Plaza, "Wow, sometimes government does work!" It's easy to quickly forget how things were, but we here at Streetfilms aim to not let that happen. Check out these extraordinary before/afters; especially the new separated bike lane which safely shepherds riders from Prospect Park.
Learn the benefits of diverters in this traffic calming stop-animation.
Sometimes double-parked cars and street regulations form their own temporary traffic calmed conditions.
Raised crosswalks explained with the help of stop-animation and the classic 80s video game, "Frogger"
The Barnes Dance is an all-cross pedestrian signal!
Do you know what a chicane is? In 24 simple seconds you can find out.
Mark Gorton and neighbor Lisa Sladkus point out traffic calming features they'd like see on the UWS.
Mark Gorton and neighbor Lisa Sladkus point out Amsterdam Avenue's speed geometry.
The Purple Traffic Calming Wizard chats with the hoi polloi to find out what peeps think about the physically separated bike path on 9th Ave.
Copious amounts of positivity coming from the NYC DOT. Check out these before and afters.
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