Recent Streetsblog LA posts about StreetFilms

Moving Beyond the Automobile: Bus Rapid Transit

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 10, 2011 | No Comments

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) provides faster and more efficient service than an ordinary bus. “These systems operate like a surface subway, say BRT advocates, but cost far less than building an actual metro.” Watch this chapter of Moving Beyond the Automobile to learn about the key features of bus rapid transit systems around the world […]

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“Floating Parking” & Bike-Buffer Zones in Separated Cycletracks

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 7, 2011 | No Comments

While we were out videotaping for another Streetfilm, Gary Toth the Director of Transportation Initiatives with Project for Public Spaces (his resume includes 34 years of management experience at NJDOT) took a moment to give a short explanation on what “floating parking” is, why using it is a very smart budgetary decision by the NYC DOT, […]

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Moving Beyond the Automobile: Bicycling

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 22, 2011 | No Comments

For the second chapter in our Moving Beyond the Automobile series we’ll take a look at bicycling. More and more people are choosing to cycle for at least part of their commute in cities across the world. Leading the way in the United States, Portland, Oregon is up to a daily bike count of 17,000 […]

Moving Beyond the Automobile: Transit Oriented Development

By Damien Newton and Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 15, 2011 | 4 Comments

This Streetfilm, by Clarence Eckerson Jr., is an important one for Los Angeles as we consider how our city and county are going to grow as a result of the expected transit boom in the coming decade(s). This film focuses on Transit Oriented Development, with a focus on how a light rail line transformed Jersey […]

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On Bicycle Coverage and Media Bias

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 11, 2011 | No Comments

Since I’ve been producing Streetfilms (at last count, 196 of them), rarely do I come across work in our field that I find monumentally enlightening, savvy, or high-caliber. But the latest blog post from David Hembrow’s “A View from the Cycle Path…” contains an embedded video produced by Mark Wagenbuur that left me in awe. […]

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Trailer: Moving Beyond the Automobile

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 9, 2011 | No Comments

Today is an exciting day here at Streetfilms as we are officially announcing the debut of our 10-part series “Moving Beyond the Automobile” (MBA). Each Tuesday over the next ten weeks, tune in to Streetfilms as we’ll be posting a new chapter about smart and proven strategies to reduce traffic and improve street safety for […]

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