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Streetfilms: Making Muni Faster and More Reliable by Speeding Up Boarding

By John Hamilton | Mar 19, 2010 | 10 Comments

Some of the most important changes for Muni are also the simplest ones. That’s the message of a five-part Streetfilms series on ways to speed up and enhance Muni service that we’ll be presenting in the coming weeks, and it’s certainly true of the first film, on speeding up boarding, which we’re presenting today. The […]

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Voices From the National Bike Summit

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 15, 2010 | No Comments

Last week, hundreds of bike advocates descended on Washington D.C. for the tenth annual National Bike Summit — the largest one yet. Hosted by the League of American Bicyclists, the summit is always a great opportunity for advocates to share ideas and make the case for cycling on Capitol Hill. This year attendees encouraged their […]

Streetfilms: Seattle’s Link Light Rail — The Start of Something Big

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 3, 2010 | 9 Comments

Right now, Seattle is making as serious a commitment to transit as any city in the nation. Recently, Streetfilms got to take a tour of the newest addition to the city’s network — the 13-station Link Light Rail, which opened in mid-2009. The route is beautiful, swift, and has great multi-modal connections. Service is frequent, […]

Streetfilms: Fixing the Great Mistake of Planning for Cars

By Elizabeth Press | Feb 26, 2010 | No Comments

"Fixing the Great Mistake" is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions continue to affect our lives today. In this episode, Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White shows how planning for cars drastically […]

Biking to Work with Seattle’s Mayor Mike McGinn

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 16, 2010 | 2 Comments

When Seattleites elected a new mayor at the end of 2009, they really went for a breath of fresh air. In the general election, Mayor Mike McGinn, who rides a bike to work daily, was outspent nearly four to one. The race was very close, but with an energetic volunteer base — and a campaign […]

Streetfilms: Sharrows Point the Safe Way to Bike Across Rail Tracks

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 12, 2010 | 7 Comments

It’s something even the most experienced cyclists do: wipe out while crossing a set of train tracks. When you ride across rails, you need to maneuver your bike’s angle of approach so that you hit the tracks as perpendicularly as possible. But even knowing that, some riders don’t slow down enough to sashay properly, and […]

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