Tag: streetfilms

October 13, 2010

Morning Matinee: 100,000 people take to the ‘opened’ streets of LA for CicLAvia

CicLAvia, Let’s Go! from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Sunday, LA opened up some of its busiest streets to people, and the result sounds astounding. The video above is by the hardworking folks at Streetfilms.
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tagged: aurora, bicycle sundays, cicLAvia, ciclovia, streetfilms, video
September 16, 2010

New women bikers in NYC

Women In Motion: New Lady Riders Reflect on NYC Cycling from Streetfilms on Vimeo. As we were counting bikers yesterday morning, it quickly became clear that most of the bikers were male. This is not really a surprise, as previous surveys have shown large gender disparities in bike commuting in the U.S. But I guess…
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tagged: streetfilms, women
September 1, 2010

Next time, I’m moving by bike

Like in this StreetFilms video: Bike Move! from Streetfilms on Vimeo. I moved from Fremont to the U District today, where I’ll be for the next couple months, and it sucked. And sure, most of the headaches were normal moving headaches, like cleaning in nooks and crannies for the first time since you moved in,…
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tagged: move by bike, streetfilms
August 30, 2010

20’s Plenty: Lowering residential speeds to 20 mph

20’s Penty For Us from Streetfilms on Vimeo. The speed limit on residential streets in Seattle is 25 mph. That’s not so bad, considering I have lived places where it is often much higher. But could it be better?
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tagged: 20’s plenty, speed limits, streetfilms
July 21, 2010

Copenhagen Envy

In the bike world, Copenhagen seems like a fantasy. It comes up in so many bike infrastructure conversations. When structuring how bikes will work with the First Hill Streetcar, the word Copenhagen is everywhere from the cycle track to the bike boxes. And if you watch the Streetfilm above, you get an idea why.
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tagged: bike lanes, car free days, copenhagen, cycle tracks, kids, parents, streetfilms, video