Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Clarence Eckerson

Live from Denver: Two Streetfilms, Two Great Ideas, One Leading City

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 24, 2023 | No Comments

During the NACTO conference in Denver earlier this month, Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. got to see the next generation in traffic circles — a design with a rotary so big that car drivers have to slow down. Check it out.

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STREETFILMS: The Peaceful Pedestrian Plazas of Paris … And What They Can Teach Us

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 29, 2022 | No Comments

Pedestrianization: It's the past — and the future — of cities.

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STREETFILMS: Montréal is Showing the Way

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 17, 2021 | No Comments

No wonder they call it the Great White North. Check out these two short films from the Paris of North America.

The Craziest Anti-Bike Lane Arguments We’ve Heard

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 14, 2019 | 60 Comments

Professional bike advocates have heard some wild excuses not to build bike lanes. Here's a video of their all-time favorites.

StreetFilms: Upper West Side Streets Renaissance With Jan Gehl

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 7, 2007 | 9 Comments

A standing room-only crowd turned out for last night’s Upper West Side Streets Renaissance event with Danish urban designer Jan Gehl and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. All in all, it was an inspiring night and we’ll have a more detailed write-up later today. Though Gehl wasn’t allowed to get too specific about the work he […]

Envisioning an Upper West Side Streets Renaissance

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 6, 2007 | 38 Comments

If you’re thinking about coming to tonight’s Upper West Side workshop with Jan Gehl but you are having trouble picturing what a "Streets Renaissance" might look like, the video above was made for you. It consists of a series of photo simulations produced by New York City Streets Renaissance Creative Director Carly Clark. Whipped into […]

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