Recent Streetsblog LA posts about StreetFilms

David Barboza’s remarkable pro-bono run translating L.A. Streetfilms for us is at an end.  I don’t think he planned it this way, but the last Streetfilm shot in L.A. that needed subtitles, was the first one that we ever shot and the reason for the first visit to Los Angeles by the Streetfilms team.  It […]

The good news? David Barboza has translated another “L.A. Streetfilm” and provided subtitles for a classic Streetfilm. If there’s one group of people that have supported Streetsblog and everything we’ve been trying to do, it’s the Los Angeles Eco-Village. Both as an organization, the Eco-Village has sponsored two fundraisers, and as individuals, it seems everytime […]

I have to be honest, I’ve owed Deborah Murphy an apology for over three years.  You see, I misheard the director and I told her to wear a white shirt to the filming of  Lessons From LA: A Rush Hour Drive with a City Planner.  Now seems as good a time as ever to make […]

While our CicLAvia Streetfilms have been viewed more times by Angelenos than any other film, two L.A. Streetfilms have garnered over 10,000 views nationwide. One of those was our look at the Scramble Crosswalks, where pedestrians are given their own time to cross the street in whatever direction they choose. Or, in the case of […]

In 2007, in order to route cyclists away from a challenging 7-lane crossing on busy Hiawatha Avenue, Minneapolis built the Martin Olav Sabo Bridge. The first cable-stayed bridge of any kind in the state, it’s breathtaking, even to the people who have been riding it for years. It provides a safe, continuous crossing and offers up […]