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Amsterdam Leads the Way on E-Bike Regulation — Should New York Follow Suit?
The city's biking- and walking-friendly streets expose the hypocrisy harsh e-bike enforcement without better street design.
July 8, 2025
Paging Kevin Roose! My Conversation with the Bing Chatbot Was Much Better than Yours!
Here's a story about why we no longer fear artificial intelligence, and, indeed, hope it will someday be running the country.
March 5, 2023
1,000! Clarence Eckerson’s Streetfilms Hits the Ultimate Milestone
The 'Orson Welles of the Streets' looks back on the advent of his 1,000th installment.
September 3, 2021
Op-Ed: Four Ideas To Bolster Cycling During the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond
Cities around the world have turned to biking to help ease crises, leading to permanent mobility changes. Here's ways cycling could help New York, too.
April 21, 2020
STREETFILMS: Letting Citizens Redesign Their Streets
What happened when an Amsterdam neighborhood removed 600 parking spots? Utopia!
September 11, 2019
Op-Ed: Want Safe, Bikeable Streets? Get Rid of Free Parking, as Amsterdam Did
The city's $8-an-hour fees, residential permits, and limits to car ownership made it the world's bike capital. Is New York brave enough to try it?
August 6, 2019
STREETFILMS: How Kids Get to School in a Civilized, Safe Country
But in the United States, our children's lives (and deaths!) are entirely framed by the automobile.
July 12, 2019
Streetfilms in Holland: Experience the Joy of The Woonerf
You know how it is: You send Clarence Eckerson Jr. to Holland and you get more than a t-shirt. You get a clarion call for change.
May 28, 2019
Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan
Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.
March 19, 2019
TransAlt to City: Give Us a ‘Bike Mayor’ Like London
It's time for New York to take the next step.
January 10, 2019
