31 Posts Tagged as: Traffic Calming

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Street Lessons from a Blizzard

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on July 3, 2007 | 3,936 Plays

Back in Feb 2006, as the largest ever recorded NYC snowfall (26.9") was winding down, I ran outside with a camera to try to capture some traffic calming, transportation and livable streets lessons.

Intersection Repair

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on May 31, 2007 | 16,475 Plays

In Portland, Oregon, City Repair promotes intersection interventions where hundreds of people take back their streets by painting street murals and creating community-friendly commons to gather and socialize.

Clarence: The Traffic Calming Sasquatch

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on May 23, 2007 | 9,911 Plays

Thanks to the great traffic calming and livability a city like Portland, Oregon has to offer, even a bigfoot has felt safe enough around cars to come out of his decades of hiding and ride his bike.

I.S. 89 Speed Gunning

by Sean on May 21, 2007 | 1,141 Plays

StreetFilms was out at I.S. 89 in Manhattan last week working with Brooke DuBose and Graham Beck of Transportation Alternatives. The middle school students, with the help of Manhattan Youth's Bob Townley, organized an after-school speed gunning event in response to two recent accidents involving motorists and students crossing the West Side Highway on their [...]

Clarence: The Traffic Calming Maniac

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on April 10, 2007 | 3,265 Plays

Sometimes the alternative transportation world doesn't have to be all serious and analytical as this impromptu, "transportation comedy" short shows.

Berkeley Bike Boulevards

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on February 17, 2007 | 25,815 Plays

In Berkeley, Calif. a citywide network of traffic calmed streets called Bicycle Boulevards allows bicyclists to navigate safely. They are marked by wonderful purple signage and street stencils larger than a car!