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Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Clarence Eckerson Jr. is the Director of Video Production for NYCSR's StreetFilms and producer of bikeTV. He loves the color purple, chocolate chip cookies, and enjoys walking, biking, and taking transit. He has never owned a driver's license.

Recent Posts

Wide enough?
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SEE IT! Montreal Offers Lessons for All Cities That Want Safer, Better, More Livable Streets

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 17, 2021 | No Comments
These two films represent the 1,000th and 1,001st mini-documentaries by Streetfilms Director Clarence Eckerson Jr., who has been making these movies since the mid-2000s.
The crimson tide ... Beantown style. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.
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SEE IT: In Boston, Bus Rapid Transit Works

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 7, 2021 | No Comments
Boston is on a roll.
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Streetfilms Auteur Reveals How You, Too, Can Create ‘Bike Count’ Videos

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 19, 2021 | No Comments
Clarence Eckerson Jr. — the Orson Welles of the streets — shares the secrets of making a great bike count video, and how such footage can help create change in your city.
Amsterdam: This is what a city street can look like ... if you stop giving priority to the storage of cars. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.
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Opinion: The Next Mayor Must Commit to Removing Thousands of ‘Parking’ Spaces

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 10, 2020 | No Comments
What did we learn most of all from COVID? That streets are for people.
Image: OakDOT
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STREETFILMS Looks at Oakland’s Open Streets

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | 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.
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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.
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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).
Bike lanes are jammed during the coronavirus crisis. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.
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Streetfilms: Biking is the Way to Beat Coronavirus (If the Mayor Would Help)

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 10, 2020 | No Comments
Cyclists to mayor: Biking is the best way to get around town — so please do more to make it safe.
Zardoz reports on NYC's new 14th Street busway.
STREETFILMS

The Smashing Success of NYC’s 14th Street Busway

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 8, 2019 | No Comments
Paint and political willpower make transit better and streets more inviting and safe in New York City. Our favorite sock puppet reports.
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Amsterdam Removed Parking — and the City Bloomed

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 3, 2019 | No Comments
The transformation of the neighborhood looks amazing on the face of it — but is even more stark when you look back at the Google street view from 2012.
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Life on a Dutch Woonerf (Living Street)

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 28, 2019 | No Comments
When I arrived the street was full of neighbors and children and they wanted to talk to me about their lovely street. But this is not something exceptional as over 2 million Dutch people live on play/living streets. So take a gander but be warned: you will want the same thing for your block.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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Streetfilms: See The Awesomeness of Portland’s Car-Free Tilikum Crossing

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 2, 2019 | No Comments
Streetfilms' auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. revisits a back-to-the-future idea whose time has come again for many cities.
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