Streetfilms produces short films showing how smart transportation design and policy can result in better places to live, work and play. Founded in 2006, Stre…
3:3381K views · 3w ago · 3:33
This is the start of something big. Clarkson Street in Manhattan near the Holland Tunnel has had a daytime school street for a few years, but it needed an upgrade and became the first NYC school street to get the Paris-style gate treatment designed via a grant from Project for Public Spaces. Give it a watch and you'll hear all about how it transpired.
3:472.6K views · 1mo ago · 3:47
In this third and final release of a segment from our "Close Encounters of the 34th Avenue Kind" documentary here is another 4 minutes where we see school streets in action along the 26 block street (that has six schools directly along it!)
5:454.8K views · 1mo ago · 5:45
Guest: Hudson Square Plaza
Yesterday was the ribbon cutting on the newest car-free open street in NYC! Experience the newest plaza in NYC with a wonderfully, hypnotic design with about a dozen different options and eclectic designs to sit in the street and hear about some of the vital folks behind the making of it!
4:071.5K views · 2mo ago · 4:07
THIS is another extended segment of the Streetilms 1 hour documentary "Close Encounters of the 34th Avenue Kind" currently beginning screening throughout the country. See the mighty volunteers on the 34th Avenue open street teach people how to ride a bike EVERY WEEK even thru the winter and then hold weekly rides to take those folks out on destinations to eat and have fun!
3:214.6K views · 2mo ago · 3:21
We asked a few dozen folks how many Summer Streets they think are the right amount of Manhattan (which has been stuck at 3 events in August every year for the last 18 years!) Only one person replied it was about the right amount. Everyone else wanted more - majority said all summer on Saturdays or weekends. Some year round. 52 weeks. A lovely day to be outside.
5:08889 views · 3mo ago · 5:08
The above is a 5 minute excerpt from our long form (1hr 8min) documentary film on the world-reknowned 34th Avenue Open Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. It explores the work of Donald Appleyard and how his studies of three kinds of streets in the Bay Area determined how much connection, friends and knowledge of an area the average person would have based upon whether they lived on a low, medium or high traffic street.
3:179.9K views · 3mo ago · 3:17
The World Premiere of our updated trailer with new info, new review blurbs by famous folks in the advocacy world and new footage! In case you didn’t know...Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson, Jr. had left shoulder replacement surgery at the start of 2026. But rather than sit on the shelf, he decided before the operation to film interviews up and down Queens’ world-renown 34th Avenue Open Street.
4:5910K views · 9mo ago · 4:59
We recently had a big snowfall in NYC. Maybe the largest - and now certainly the most robust in staying power - since the pandemic. Of course ANY snowfall of a few inches bring the sneckdowns ( a portmanteau of "snow" +, "neckdown in the Urbanist world) but these monsters have been around for a week as of today (Feb 1st) from the one-foot snowfall and with temps not predicted to climb above freezing for weeks...I had to go out to document, even if it meant getting the last…
11:2245K views · 9mo ago · 11:22
After a half dozen films, Streetfilms' presents its final look at London's impressive Low Traffic Neighborhoods! Hear from residents, advocates & elected leaders how they have transformed their local streets to quiet, peaceful & safe places to recreate and enjoy while journeying to school, meet ups or shopping. Truly a model worldwide.
5:44414 views · 10mo ago · 5:44
They sing. They joke. They occasionally miss a note. The Streetsblog Car-Free Carolers use humor and music to make a serious point: streets can become great places for people, not just traffic and tailpipes. Behind the holiday fun lies serious work.
6:4830K views · 12mo ago · 6:48
If you look all thru Youtube, the interwebs and social media, there is very little documentation of Low Traffic Neighborhoods. At Streetfilms we have been famous for providing educational tools for over 20 years. And so we went to London with the slant of putting their great Low Traffic Neighborhoods (LTNs) on the map. I was very lucky to get a great tour with Urban Planner, Solomon Green-Eams who showed off some nice LTNs all within a short bike ride of his residence.
3:392.4K views · 1y ago · 3:39
Guest: Public Porches
3:5420K views · 1y ago · 3:54
Guests: London's Lambeth, Modal Filters
This converted London intersection in the Borough of Lambeth has it all: a modal filter, bike priority, outdoor dining, new brick pavers, camera-enforcement, bioswales & seating. It's one-stop shopping for so much good urbanism and making people-first spaces.
6:436.5K views · 1y ago · 6:43
This year I decided to take a solo vacation in Montreal and just relax a bit. But of course the "relaxing" ended up ultimately taking the form of documenting really cool streets stuff I saw as I walked and biked about.
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