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This is what many New York streets could be like. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Think Cars Will Always Dominate Because ‘New York’s Not Holland’? Well, Neither Was Holland!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 18, 2019 | 7 Comments

This one's for all you politicians and community board types out there who reject street safety plans because "New York's not Holland."

Here's how they do it in Amsterdam. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

STREETFILMS: How Kids Get to School in a Civilized, Safe Country

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 12, 2019 | 11 Comments

But in the United States, our children's lives (and deaths!) are entirely framed by the automobile.

Amsterdam shows how beautiful a street can be without on-street car storage. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms in Amsterdam: Remove Parking and Watch a City Bloom

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 3, 2019 | 22 Comments

Amsterdam's plan to remove 10,000 parking spaces will change the city for the better — and maybe point the way for New York.

Happy smiling (Dutch) people riding bikes. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms: More Incredible Bike Porn from Holland!

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 30, 2019 | 22 Comments

This is the second in Clarence Eckerson Jr.'s series of films about how the Dutch reclaimed their streets from the automobile. Today's topic: The low-lying nation's busiest bike path: The Vredenburg in Utrecht.

Life on a Dutch play street is simply better. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms in Holland: Experience the Joy of The Woonerf

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 28, 2019 | 22 Comments

You know how it is: You send Clarence Eckerson Jr. to Holland and you get more than a t-shirt. You get a clarion call for change.

The "War on Cars" podcast is taped every week in Brooklyn. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms Takes You Inside the ‘War on Cars’ Podcast

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 17, 2019 | 1 Comment

Even though there's only been a doze-plus episodes, "War on Cars" has struck a nerve in ways that no other podcast could.

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