Streetfilms (Now 1,145+ films!)
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The OG Urbanist Youtuber! Prolific Streets Documentarian since the late 1990s. All great things : biking, walking, transit, school streets, LTNs & more!
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A sample vid of NYPD cars, vehicles & garbage trucks causing massive pinch points during the first Manhattan #SummerStreets. It was dangerous & uncomfortable in places. Some intersections the road were reduced by ~75%! Everyone was talking about it. Streetsblog New York City Open Plans And ALL of this footage was shot before 930am before the event gets really crowded. Any info for the change NYC DOT Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani?
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“Traffic Got Evicted!” Is one of the best branding campaigns ever. Thank you Hudson Square BID New Manhattan pedestrian square has one of the best street murals ever. I took a 4mph #bikenyc ride thru so you can experience the flow. Streetsblog New York City Open Plans PlacemakingX NYC DOT Mike Lydon (mikelydon.bsky.social) Janet Liff CHEKPEDS
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Today for many hours conditions on 144th Street off Broadway in Upper Manhattan has this in the running for most perfect street in NYC! 😀 - Car-free - No cars parked so you can walk & #bikenyc - Kids playing in the street - Nice tree cover - Clean Garbage bins
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Cannot believe we are getting a 2-way protected #bikenyc lane on the Thompson Ave bridge near Laguardia College!! Something not on many people’s radar but MUCH NEEDED! If I’m in a hurry I might go over this stretch once per year. It’s dangerous as F@¢K! Basically a highway! NYC DOT Streetsblog New York City Open Plans Transportation Alternatives
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People are deranged. So many posts recently where cranks cry how bus lanes congest the city and...well here are a few quotes... "Clog up fire trucks" "Make your ambulance 10 minutes late" "Keep NYPD from responding like the libtards love" Sorry. Bus lanes are GREAT for emergency vehicles.
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It's that time of year where the US Open overwhelms Flushing Meadows Corona Park with traffic, taking over swaths for car parking. FMCP is already so underfunded and then our park is inundated for nearly 3 weeks. FMCP deserves better. Streetsblog New York City John Surico Open Plans
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Crazy I've been 🚴♂️ 35 years and went over this for the 1st time. A high-altitude crossing over the LIE in Maspeth that can nearly fit a 🚗 and the few times I've passed have NEVER seen one person use it. So I tried it. It snakes up high and the serpentine decent is bonkers. Take a ride with me! Streetsblog New York City #bikenyc Transportation Alternatives The nice thing it doesn't have those sharp switchbacks that are so commonly in older infra in NYC. I will now be using this on my rides to safely get to Juniper Park. But if in a hurry it is a time drag. But fun!
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Now THAT’s a real safe #bikenyc detour!! Why laws requiring providing safe passage are vital! Well done “construction crane company” and NYC DOT!!! Streetsblog New York City Open Plans Bike New York Transportation Alternatives Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani NYC Bike Lanes
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Here I am in 2006 on Lafayette Street encouraging the city to explore making the striped #bikenyc lane into a protected one. It took a long while but they did. And now NYC DOT is going to make it TWO-WAY and substansially widen it! If you had told 20 years ago Clarence Eckerson Jr. = @streetfilms.bsky.social we'd get a 2-way super wide protected path through the heart of lower Manhattan....wow! Just WOW! Open Plans Streetsblog New York City Ben Furnas Vincent Barone Sara Lind Jon Orcutt Boba Cyclist 정 Brent Toderian Jonathan Maus Jackson Chabot Regional Plan GridlockSam Schwartz Andrew Giambrone Greg Mocker Transportation Alternatives Gothamist
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To all the silly cranks & ignorant electeds who claim that #sneckdowns are evidence of nothing...check out this MASSIVE truck easily and carefully make this turn 4 days after 🌨️❄️ stopped. We could easily put 5-foot curb extensions/#daylighting to make this street safer. Streetsblog New York City Open Plans NYC DOT The New Yorker GridlockSam Schwartz John Surico Sara Lind Ben Furnas
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The Grand Army Plaza news from NYC DOT is amazeballs! Streetfilms (Now 1,134+ films!) has been documenting GAP since 2006. Following a wave of advocacy much safer crossings & ample green islands were installed. I put together this 2006 vs 2011 look. GAP used to be a hellish place. Now it is better. Let's make it BEST! Streetsblog New York City Open Plans TA Brooklyn (TABK) @Naparstek Ethan Kent Majority Leader Shaun Abreu Council Member Shahana Hanif Project for Public Spaces
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My kid and I rode MTA bus & trains (13 of them!) in the span of 4 hours (for fun, he maps out his ideas). Most of it was cool but this Q72 was a hellacious ride. Why? Late. Packed. EVERY stop from Roosevelt to Queens Blvd had cars PARKED in the bus stops. I felt so damn bad for the people aboard who ride it regularly. It took us 27 minutes to go from Roosevelt/Junction to the Queens Blvd, a 1.4 mile distance we could have walked as fast. I hope one way Zohran Kwame Mamdani NYC DOT NYPD NEWS can help speed up buses is to start enforcing the law. It is ridiculous 1 person in a car can hold up 40 on a bus and make traveling worse! Streetsblog New York City Open Plans
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Today's "Spring Community Ride for Safety" on NYC's 72nd Street was a joyous occasion. Lots of kids, families & community members #bikenyc thanking NYC Mayor's Office NYC DOT for the new plans to make the corridor a safe, comfortable place for all people! Ben Furnas TA Bronx & Uptown Transportation Alternatives Chris Streetopia Upper West Side Mark Gorton Jackson Chabot Ken Coughlin Families For Safe Streets Kathy Park Price Streetsblog New York City Gale A. Brewer Linda B. Rosenthal “the #OriginalRosenthal” Charles Komanoff
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Advocates want Brooklyn's Carroll Street Bridge (reopening soon) to be car-free. Here's a look at the last time it was probably car-free: the Transportation Alternatives 2005 Century ride! After we did the 2005 version (I was the Brooklyn volunteer organizer) there were so many complaints about the cobblestones that I recall T.A. Central saying "never again". So I don't recall it being used since (though I haven't ridden every single event since 2005) it has been closed since 2021! Streetsblog New York City Bike New York Kathy Park Price Henry Beebe-Center Max White Ben Furnas Jon Orcutt JoAnn Fleming Transportation AlternativesBK Council Member Shahana Hanif
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Visited NYC DOT's new 1st Ave #bikenyc express route ("the UNGA Tunnel") and grabbed a few quick clips to further explain to all how it works. For those wondering you can stay local above on 1st Ave or go express from 41st to 49th. Fun! Streetsblog New York City Open Plans Bike New York
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One thing the crank opponents love to say is that #openstreets are bad for the physically challenged. But that's just not true. On 34AveOpenStreets for 1 hour walk I grabbed just a few quick shots of the dozens I saw with canes, wheelchairs, electric scooters & other assisted devices. It's like this daily. Ask users. Open Plans Streetsblog New York City Brent Toderian NYC DOT Council Member Shekar Krishnan Transportation Alternatives Sara Lind Jackson Chabot
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