Three federal agencies are using a puppet in new Swine Flu PSAs aimed at young kids. But do they work? 11Alive News took the PSAs to a local Pre-Kindergarten class room to see if the message translates into real action. The result: "Don’t run and sneeze at the same time." And other advice from kids.
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The Henry Street bike lane in Brooklyn Heights has gone lime! This is a new high visibility bike lane from NYC DOT. We like. Lots. It gets us psyched. If you can’t have a physically separated lane, then we think curbside with paint like this comes a very close second. Come and take a ...
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Get to know your neighbors. See how differently your block can look. Experience what it’s like not having to worry about your children playing in the street. It's Block Party NYC! This summer the NYC Streets Renaissance is helping throw dozens of block parties throughout NYC. Don't wai...
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The StreetFilms crew was on Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan a while back and discovered this delivery truck eating up an already meager sidewalk. Pedestrians, many of whom were forced out into the street, seemed to regard the obstruction as a common occurrence. Just one example of the...
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First we pummeled the Bike Box. Then we pulled a bit of Chicane-ry. Next up, get ready to shuffle your feet to the thought of Barnes Dancing! There’s only one place we know of in Manhattan (please tell us of others!) where you can go out and do it: the Barnes Dance intersection of 17...
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Cars get more space than pedestrians do on the streets, which leads to overcrowded sidewalks. According to Transportation Alternatives, on some streets the ratio is 14:1 - peds to cars; in some extreme areas of Times Square, the numbers can be even higher!
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Biking Rules, the new campaign organized by Transportation Alternatives, is sponsoring a video and photo PSA competition. Submissions are now being accepted for two categories in the competition: "Why Biking Rules!" and "The Biking Rules Street Code." The Biking Rules campaign outlines several w...
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Icons of a Living City is a trio of uplifting posters from Transportation Alternatives encouraging New Yorkers to walk, bike, and take mass transit. We here at StreetFilms love 'em and their positive vibe. So much so, we got our hands on some high resolution files to present some of th...
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I put this together last summer one day while feeling a little sympathy for what it must be like to be a ticket writer in this town. And with the latest debate over parking placards, I thought it was relevant to post. Basically, while I walked around one afternoon with my camera, I l...
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