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Eco-Village Reclaims Bimini Pl. with Street Party and Road Painting

By Damien Newton | | 36 Comments
Just another Saturday at the Eco-Village.  Photo: Yuki/Eco-Village Blog Last weekend the Eco-Village sponsored a weekend of events designed to empower the residents within and surrounding the Eco-Village and reclaim their streets.  On Friday night, they hosted Portland architect and activist Mark Lakeman, founder of the City Repair movement, who encouraged those listening to think […]

Streetfilms: San Francisco’s Foggy Sunday Streets

By Damien Newton | | 2 Comments
This week’s newest offering from Streetfilms highlights the fantastic tradition of "Sunday Streets" in San Francisco.  As Ben Fried notes in the New York write-up of the film, in both cities last year’s ground-breaking idea is this year’s "traditional event." Film maker John Hamilton explains how some mediocre weather didn’t stop the event from being […]

L.A. Times Looks at NYC’s Car-Free Times Square

By Damien Newton | | 4 Comments
Photo:Berk2804/Flickr Today’s Los Angeles Times published a mostly glowing review of the crown jewel of New York’s recent efforts to make the Big Apple a more-friendly city to cyclists and pedestrians by Tina Susman.  While the story isn’t a new one for regular readers of all the Streetsblogs, and perhaps an uninteresting one for those […]

Greensters Wrap Film and Start a Revolution

By Stephen Box | | 1 Comment
This video is close captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing. Three weeks ago I asked the world for help in fulfilling Rebel Without A Car Production‘s commitment to producing a film sustainably. Our goal was to shoot locally and in partnership with the community. It all seemed so doable when we were brainstorming […]
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