PathPath
    Follow Us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Streetsblog Logo
    • HOME
    • USA
    • NYC
    • MASS
    • LA
    • CHI
    • SF
    • CAL
    • STREETFILMS
    • DONATE
Streetsblog Texas Logo
    Follow Us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Clarence Eckerson Jr. is the Director of Video Production for NYCSR's StreetFilms and producer of bikeTV. He loves the color purple, chocolate chip cookies, and enjoys walking, biking, and taking transit. He has never owned a driver's license.

Recent Posts

STREETFILMS

Vancouver’s Multi-Modal Success Story

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Dec 5, 2016 | No Comments
One of the best transportation stories of 2016 comes from Vancouver, British Columbia, which achieved its goal of having transit, biking, and walking account for 50 percent of all trips a full four years ahead of schedule. Bicycling is a big part of that shift, and now one of every 10 work trips is by bike.
STREETFILMS

How to Build a Thriving, Equitable Bike-Share System

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 3, 2016 | No Comments
Bike-share has the capability to expand access to jobs and transit for communities in need of better transportation options — but only if the system is set up and operated in an equitable way. Our latest collaboration with the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) examines how to build a thriving, equitable bike-share system. At the end of [...]
STREETFILMS

High Frequency: Why Houston Is Back on the Bus

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 6, 2016 | No Comments
High Frequency: Why Houston is Back on the Bus from STREETFILMS on Vimeo. Every so often, every city should do a “system reimagining” of its bus network like Houston METRO did. Back in 2012, Houston’s bus network was in trouble. Ridership was down, and weekend ridership was especially weak. Frequent service was rare. Routes didn’t go directly where [...]
STREETFILMS

Peatónito: Protecting Pedestrians in the Crosswalk

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 8, 2016 | No Comments
Peatónito (“little pedestrian”) might be the most beloved figure in the world of street safety. How can you not love a superhero who protects pedestrians from cars?! Since donning the cape and luchador mask three years ago, he’s become a media sensation in Mexico. This week he’s in New York City for Transportation Alternatives’ Vision Zero for Cities 2016 conference, [...]
STREETFILMS

Austin: The Most Bike-Friendly City in Texas

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 3, 2016 | No Comments
I was in Austin a few months ago for the NACTO Designing Cities Conference. While in town I was able to put together this look at what the city is doing to improve bicycling, including the dazzling 3rd Street curb-protected bikeway. Also captured on camera: many bike paths along the Pedernales River, car-free nights on 6th street, and the ridiculously long [...]
STREETFILMS

Gabe Klein Talks About Getting Sh*t Done in His New Book, “Start-Up City”

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 13, 2015 | No Comments
Streets can be tough to change. Between institutional inertia, tight budgets, bureaucratic red tape, and the political risks of upsetting the status quo, even relatively simple improvements for walking, biking, or transit can take years to pull off — if they ever get implemented at all. But a new generation of transportation officials have shown that it doesn’t have to [...]
STREETFILMS

20’s Plenty: The Movement for Safer Speeds in the UK

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 22, 2015 | No Comments
Five years ago, Streetfilms’ was in the UK town of Warrington to talk with the great folks behind 20’s Plenty For Us, a largely volunteer group trying to get speed limits reduced to 20 mph. The first film drew broad interest in the 20’s Plenty movement, and on a recent trip I caught up with [...]
STREETFILMS

Cambridge: Britain’s Cycling Capital

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 5, 2015 | No Comments
In the city of Cambridge, just about an hour’s train ride north of London, you’ll find lots of people bicycling. In fact, the official bike mode share is 22 percent, but advocates believe it’s even higher and could comprise up to 50 percent of all trips in the city center. More than protected bike lanes, the key to Cambridge’s success has been the management [...]
STREETFILMS

Freeways Without Futures: I-345 in Dallas

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 6, 2015 | No Comments
In this Streetfilm, Patrick Kennedy, founder of A New Dallas, talks about the movement to replace Interstate 345 in downtown Dallas with connected streets and walkable development. Shot at the “Freeways Without Futures” session at the Congress for New Urbanism’s recent conference in Dallas, the piece provides views of I-345 from heights most people never get to see. Kennedy was joined by [...]
STREETFILMS

Exploring the Streets of Stockholm

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 24, 2015 | No Comments
In 2014, I got the chance to visit Stockholm near the end of an incredibly hot summer. It’s a charming and walkable place with a downtown buzzing with people. There’s an easygoing rhythm to the city. After dark the pedestrian streets fill with both residents and tourists out for a walk, even after most stores and restaurants close. I met up with a great mix of advocates, [...]
STREETFILMS

America’s Love Affair With Great City Streets

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 13, 2015 | No Comments
People crave interaction with other people. Given the choice, we’ll gravitate to places where we can socialize or just be in the presence of our fellow humans. It’s not in our nature to spend hours each day isolated inside a car, but for much of the 20th century we shaped our streets and cities to […]
Load more stories
        Follow Us:
      • Facebook
      • Twitter
      Streetsblog Texas Logo