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Streetfacts: Bike Lanes Aren’t Just for Big Cities

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 29, 2013 | No Comments

Welcome to the first of five shorts we’re calling Streetfacts. With Streetfacts, we’ll be highlighting developing trends affecting transportation and planning policy, as well as addressing the cost of “bad practices” that prevent us from shifting to a more balanced transportation network that supports more livable places. As Streetfilms viewers know, many of the big […]

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Obama Becomes First Prez to Walk Down a Bike Lane on Inauguration Day

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jan 22, 2013 | No Comments

The networks were busy tripping over themselves trying to point out all the “firsts” during yesterday’s inauguration ceremonies. But when Barack and Michelle Obama stepped out of the presidential motorcade to greet well wishers on Pennsylvania Avenue, they missed a huge one: Obama is now the first U.S. president to walk down a bike lane […]

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Guangzhou, China: Winning the Future With Bus Rapid Transit

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 31, 2011 | No Comments

Guangzhou is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The economic hub of China’s southern coast, it has undergone three decades of rapid modernization, and until recently the city’s streets were on a trajectory to get completely overrun by traffic congestion and pollution. But Guangzhou has started to change course. Last year the […]

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Moving Beyond the Automobile: Bus Rapid Transit

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 8, 2011 | No Comments

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) provides faster and more efficient service than an ordinary bus system. While a proper BRT route operates like a surface subway, the cost is much lower. In the latest installment of “Moving Beyond the Automobile,” Streetfilms explains the key features of bus rapid transit around the world and how BRT helps […]

Streetfilms: Bill Lind, a Conservative Voice for Transit

By Elizabeth Press | Nov 12, 2009 | 2 Comments

At last month’s Rail-Volution conference in Boston, Streetfilms was able to grab a few moments with William Lind, a politically conservative transit advocate. Lind aims to provide "liberal transit advocates" the language to build support for public transportation (okay, just rail) in terms that conservatives can relate to. Some of Lind’s arguments don’t reflect our […]

Streetfilms: A Conversation With Congressman Earl Blumenauer

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 10, 2009 | No Comments

Moments after he delivered the keynote address to the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Oregon’s Rep. Earl Blumenauer, head of the Congressional Bike Caucus, met with us for this exclusive one-on-one chat. Streetsblog Editor-in-Chief Aaron Naparstek talks with the congressman about the current federal stimulus bill and how advocates can better engage their […]