Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson

Riders headed over the Willis Avenue Bridge. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

SEE IT! The Street Riders’ Latest Mass Cycle Protest — ‘Independence NOT’

By Streetsblog | Jul 5, 2020 | No Comments

Streetfilms' auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. participated — and documented — Saturday night's latest Street Riders NYC ride, dubbed "Independence Not," to highlight the pernicious history of America's tainted Fourth of July holiday.

Restaurants have embraced outdoor dining, and the mayor is giving them even more street space. But the city must ensure that private interests don't overwhelm public needs in outdoor space. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

STREETFILMS: Open Streets for Restaurants Explained

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 19, 2020 | No Comments

Clarence Eckerson Jr.'s latest film takes you inside the movement for open streets and safe dining.

Cities such as Oakland and Minneapolis (bottom right corner only) show how streets can be opened up for pedestrians without a lot of cops.

STREETFILMS: As New York Starts ‘Open Streets,’ Let’s Look at How Oakland Does It

By Streetsblog | May 1, 2020 | No Comments

We're not reinventing the wheel. We're just slowing it down. And here's what it might look like.

Northern Boulevard (left during the coronavirus crisis and right on a "normal" day). Photos: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

SEE IT! New Streetfilms Video Shows Why We Won’t Go Back

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments

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.

Park Avenue on Friday, March 20, 2020. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms: Get a Load of How Abnormal New York is Right Now

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 23, 2020 | No Comments

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).

It's not the expansion of cycling that causes the epidemic of crashes. It's the lack of cycling infrastructure, the persistence of bad driving, and the proliferation of assault cars that do. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms: Biking is the Way to Beat Coronavirus (If the Mayor Would Help)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 10, 2020 | No Comments

"It's kind of infuriating for elected politicians, who get driven everywhere, to say, 'Yeah, take a bike!' Well, we have a lot of kids who can't do that and don't feel safe," one rider said.

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