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Streetfilms: Going Car-Free in Milwaukee

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2008 | No Comments

New York has its Summer Streets Series, Los Angeles has Car Free Wilshire on Earth Day, but for the Livable Streets movement it will need to catch on in places that aren’t some of the largest streets in America. On a recent visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Streetfilms contributor Nick Whitaker captured two car-free events happening […]

Corrals and Oases: Bike Parking in Portland

By Brad Aaron | Aug 15, 2008 | 4 Comments

The Bottleneck Blog isn’t the only one who can go to Portland to check out their best practices. Here’s one more from this summer’s Carfree Cities conference week in Portland. In this Streetfilm, Greg Raisman of the Portland Office of Transportation treats Elizabeth Press to a bike parking tour, featuring two designs that make the […]

Streetfilms: What’s an LPI

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 18, 2008 | 5 Comments

A leading pedestrian interval, or LPI, lights up the pedestrian signal a few seconds before vehicular traffic gets the green. This gives pedestrians a head start into the intersection and makes it less likely that they will be hit by vehicles turning into the crosswalk. LPI’s are also known by their sassier nickname, Pedestrian Head […]

Streetfilms: Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 11, 2008 | 1 Comment

According to the Project for Public Spaces (PPS), Portland, Oregon’s Pioneer Courthouse Square is one of the Top 10 greatest public spaces in the U.S. & Canada. I couldn’t agree more. Affectionately referred to as the city’s "living room" the charming and versatile block was once slated to be a parking garage in the 1960s. […]

Happy Independence Day

By Damien Newton | Jul 3, 2008 | No Comments

This will be my last post until Monday barring something unbelievably major happening over the weekend. Happy Independence Day everyone. Hopefully we can all celebrate our independence from Car Culture in our own ways this weekend. Above is a Streetfilm from New York where a community has taken back their street for a block party. […]

Streetfilms: Portland’s Sunday Parkways

By Damien Newton | Jun 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

Streetfilms brings us video of Portland’s first Ciclovia. I’m sure they’ll cover LA’s first one too, in 2184. Clarence Eckerson Jr. reports: Despite a very dreary and damp first half of the day, Portland’s first Ciclovia-style street closure, Sunday Parkways, was a smashing success with countless thousands of city residents participating. It was like a […]

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