Streetfilms: San Francisco’s Sunday Streets

On the heels of New York’s Summer Streets, San Francisco opened up segments of its waterfront roadways to thousands of pedestrians, cyclists, skaters and dancers. Streetfilms contributor John Hamilton was on hand for Sunday Streets, and shows us how they go car-free in the Bay Area.

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Oaklavia Opens Streets to Celebrate the Renewal of Lake Merritt

By John Hamilton |
Oakland celebrated improvements to Lake Merritt in style on June 9th, closing the streets ringing the city’s historic centerpiece to cars–and opening them to cyclists, joggers, skaters, street performers and families. The 3.3-mile Ciclovía-style event coincided with the dedication of Lake Merritt Boulevard, a multimillion dollar project that has brought bike and pedestrian improvements to the lake’s southern flank, along […]

Happy Holidays! We’ll See You Here Again in 2010

By Bryan Goebel |
Flickr photo by Troy Holden. The Streetsblog San Francisco crew is taking Christmas and New Year’s off, and we’ll be back in 2010 ready and charged to provide some hard-hitting livable streets coverage. We’ll also be celebrating our one-year anniversary. That’s right, Streetsblog is about to turn a year old. Can you believe it?  To […]

Streetfilms: PARK(ing) Day 2009 in San Francisco and New York

By Bryan Goebel |
San Francisco and New York were blessed with gorgeous weather Friday, which made for glorious PARK(ing) days in both cities. In San Francisco, upwards of 34 metered parking spots were transformed into temporary parks, on-street bike parking demonstrations, cafe seating and other public space reimaginings. New York, writes Streetfilms director Clarence Eckerson, had about 50 […]
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The Rise of Open Streets

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. |
Streetfilms has been documenting the open streets movement for over seven years, beginning with our landmark film in 2007 on Bogota’s Ciclovia, currently the most viewed Streetfilm of all time. The next year, Mike Lydon of The Street Plans Collaborative decided to get an open streets event going in Miami, which led to his research for The Open Streets […]

A Call for Filmmakers: Join the Streetfilms Revolution!

By Bryan Goebel |
As longtime fans already know, Streetfilms has become the transportation sector’s go-to source for livable streets best practices from all over the world. From Ciclovia, to BRT in Curtiba, to Fixing The Great Mistake, Streetfilms are a must-see for any person interested in making the streets in their communities and neighborhoods more people-friendly.  Thanks to […]