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STREETFILMS Looks at Oakland’s Open Streets
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We're not reinventing the wheel. We're just slowing it down. And here's what it might look like.
Streetfilms Video Shows Why We Won’t Go Back
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Under normal circumstances, the world is upside-down: a small minority of selfish car owners force the rest of us to breathe toxic exhaust, get stuck in their traffic, be killed by their reckless use of steel cages, get terrified just to cross a street, etc. So let's change that.
Streetfilms: Get a Load of How Abnormal New York Is Right Now
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Our Orson Welles of the street, Clarence Eckerson Jr., takes you on a journey through a livable city (albeit one we only get because of coronavirus).
Amsterdam Removed Parking — and the City Bloomed
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The transformation of the neighborhood looks amazing
Experience the Joy of the Dutch Woonerf
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When I arrived the street was full of neighbors and children and they wanted to talk to me about their lovely street. But this is not something exceptional as over 2 million Dutch people live on play/living streets. So take a gander but be warned: you will want the same thing for your block.
Miami Shows How to Reclaim a Street from Cars
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For four days, on-street car storage was removed in favor of seating areas and mini-parks created by Avenue 3 Miami and supported by the Miami-Dade Transportation Quick-Build Program.
Barcelona’s Superblocks: Change the Grid, Change Your Neighborhood
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Without dangerous, noisy car traffic overrunning the streets, superblocks are full of life.
How Seville Handles Where Bus Stops and Protected Bike Lanes Meet
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For cities considering protected bike lanes on streets that also have bus routes, this short video shows how Seville thought through the problem of making bus riders and cyclists visible to each other at bus stops.
The Right to Walk
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In many cities, simply getting anywhere by foot has become dangerous: thousands of pedestrians are killed on the world’s roads each week.
Rotterdam: A Post-War Central City Moves Beyond the Automobile
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Even though much of central Rotterdam was built during the era of mass motoring, the city is taking major steps to shift away from cars and toward transit, biking, and walking.
Scrambling Some Intersections in Riverside
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Go Human is a community outreach and advertising campaign with the goals of reducing traffic collisions in Southern California and encouraging people to walk and bike more. Developed by the Southern California Association of Governments, Go Human implements open streets and pop up events throughout the Southern California region. Recently in Riverside, CA, the Go […]
How to Build a Thriving, Equitable Bike-Share System
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Bike-share has the capability to expand access to jobs and transit for communities in need of better transportation options — but only if the system is set up and operated in an equitable way. Our latest collaboration with the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) examines how to build a thriving, equitable bike-share system. At the end […]