NYC Streets Metamorphosis

By Clarence Eckerson, Jr, originally published by StreetFilms

January 3, 2014

Society

There’s nothing more dramatic than looking back five or ten years at Streetfilms footage (some of it a bit low-res) to see how much the livable streets landscape of New York City’s streets have changed. In this wonderful montage that even makes us cry check out the transformation of Times Square, Herald Square, the Brooklyn Waterfront and many other places that out-going NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and her staff have intrepidly installed.

We have similarly high hopes for Mayor de Blaiso as he takes office today and look forward to what he and his new NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg.  As much as has been done, the large majority of our streets still need reforms, we need drastic policy change, slower speed limits and traffic calming for our most vulnerable citizens. Hopefully, this short gets them excited to top the transportation record of the Bloomberg administration.
 
Please note: this is but a short sample.  Seriously, we could have put together a one hour version!

Clarence Eckerson, Jr

Clarence Eckerson, Jr. has been making fantastical transportation media in NYC since the late 1990s. He’s never had a driver’s license and never will.

Tags: bike-friendly policies, biking, biking cities, Transportation, urban planning, walkable cities

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