Barnes Dance!
First we pummeled the Bike Box. Then we pulled a bit of Chicane-ry. Next up, get ready to shuffle your feet to the thought of Barnes Dancing! There's only one place we know of in Manhattan (please tell...
View ArticleRaised Crosswalk
This stop-animation Streetfilm illustrates the advantages of adding a raised crosswalk. Raised crosswalks are Speed Tables outfitted with crosswalk markings and signage to channelize pedestrian...
View ArticleChicanes In My Neighborhood
With sincerest apologies to Fred Rogers, let's go for a walk in Clarence Eckerson's Neighborhood - where you will see a livable streets phenomenon created by (gulp!) double-parked cars. On alternate...
View ArticleAnimation: Diverter
Traffic calming stop-animation #3. Diagonal diverters, half closures, entrance barriers, median barriers, semi-diverters; traffic calming techniques come in all shapes and sizes. They can help create...
View ArticleStreet Transformations: Grand Army Plaza
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...
View ArticleLPI – Leading Pedestrian Interval
Leading Pedestrian Intervals (or LPIs) are a traffic signalization strategy that assigns pedestrians an exclusive 3 to 5 second signal (in some cases much longer) to begin crossing the street before...
View ArticleGary Toth: Reinventing Transportation Planning as Community Development
Recently, we were very lucky to have Streetsblog's Editor-in-chief, Aaron Naparstek in the "Streetfilms Headquarters" to chat with Gary Toth the Senior Director of Transportation Initiatives with the...
View ArticleContra-flow Bike Lane – Boulder, CO
Boulder, Colorado recently achieved the creme de la creme - Platinum bike status from the League of American Bicyclists so Streetfilms decided to pay the city a visit to get the scoop. Among the many...
View ArticleTransforming NYC Streets: A Conversation with Janette Sadik-Khan
Since taking over as New York City's Commissioner of the Department of Transportation in mid-2007, Janette Sadik-Khan has taken on the challenge of making NYC streets more bike & pedestrian...
View ArticleA New Vision for the Upper West Side
Supporters of a greener, safer and more livable Upper West Side were joined by elected officials, renowned urban planner Jan Gehl and P.S. 87 students in the Livable Streets Education program, to...
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Daylighting: Make Your Crosswalks Safer
Daylighting is a simple pedestrian safety measure achieved by removing parking spaces adjacent to curbs around an intersection, increasing visibility for pedestrians and drivers and minimizing...
View ArticleRethinking Streets in Paris
Back in July I made a video about Paris' public bicycle system, Velib. Its success must in part be credited to the provisions made for safe cycling and the understood "street code," where users are...
View ArticleLondon’s Do-It-Yourself Approach to Safer Streets
In the UK, the non-profit Sustrans is pioneering a community-based method to reclaim streets from high-speed traffic and make neighborhoods safer and more sociable places. Called "DIY Streets," the...
View ArticleNo Need for Speed: 20′s Plenty for Us
Earlier this month, the New York City Department of Transportation announced plans to experiment with 20 mph zones -- replacing the city's default 30 mph speed limit in one pilot neighborhood. Whoever...
View ArticleTraffic Calming Postcards from London
Judging by recent comments from some local pols, you'd think the addition of pedestrian spaces and bikeways in New York City has somehow thrown our streets out of whack. But what would our streets look...
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Revisiting Donald Appleyard’s Livable Streets
You may have wondered, while watching a Streetfilm or reading a post on Streetsblog, where we got the term "livable streets." The answer can be found in the work of Donald Appleyard, a scholar who...
View ArticleSnowy Neckdowns Redux: Winter Traffic Calming
As you may recall, many years ago I shot a Streetfilm taking about what winter weather can teach us. In many ways the snow acts like tracing paper on our streets and records road user movements: at...
View ArticleMBA: Traffic Calming
What’s the most effective way to make city streets safer? As Chicago Alderman Mary Ann Smith told Streetfilms, “Signs don’t do the job, even having police officers on the corner does not do the job.”...
View ArticleMBA: Road Diet
What’s a road diet? Quite simply, traffic-calming expert Dan Burden told Streetfilms, “A road diet is anytime you take any lane out of a road.” The first time people hear about a road diet, their...
View ArticleComplete Streets: It’s About More Than Bike Lanes
Over the last four years, New York City has seen a transportation renaissance on its streets, striking a better balance by providing more space for walking, biking, and transit. As with any departure...
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