We recently had a big 12” snowfall in NYC. Of course ANY snowfall of a few inches bring the sneckdowns (a cleaver portmanteau of "snow" +, "neckdown in the Urbanist world) but these monsters have been icy-solid for over a week with temps not predicted to climb above freezing for weeks...

After a half dozen films, Streetfilms' presents its final look at London's impressive Low Traffic Neighborhoods! Hear from residents, advocates & elected leaders how they have transformed their local streets to quiet, peaceful & safe places to recreate and enjoy while journeying to school, meet ups or shopping. Truly a model worldwide.

As you know we are big on wanting school streets in every city, all over the world. We have also done the most ambitious documenting with many popular films that are used worldwide to advocate for them. Here’s a great encapsulation and resource that has them all!

This past year was a continued success for Streetfilms even in its - gasp! - 20th year. Read up on some really cool things we accomplished!

On December 3rd, I was invited by Hunter College and Sam Schwartz to present an evening of Streetfilms showing off some of the newest and boldest street designs in Paris, London, Montreal and Stockholm. So that means wonderful things we’ve been covering for years like school streets, daylighting, low traffic neighborhoods (LTN) and pedestrianized business areas.

Congratulations to NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani and his team & volunteers. And now it’s time put NYC on a fast track to making our streets more safe & fair to all modes. I’ve chosen 5 Streetfilms from our vast library that might be most helpful to his administration to guide change.

A few months ago, the Meatpacking District in NYC decided that a loud 60 foot roadway on West 14th Street was too much and thwarted opportunities to get more folks to linger and shop as they passed thru. So they converted it into a green, relaxing promenade and took back 36 feet of roadway filling it with plenty of places for people to pause.

My standing piece of advice for those who live in North America who pine to see the best-practice streets of dozens of places in Europe or want to educate colleague/friends what’s possible: just go to Montreal! It’s much closer! It’s fun, vibrant & welcoming to human beings not in cars!