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[VIDEO] This Colorized Video Shows 1930s Midtown Manhattan from Car's POV

2025-10-26T12:00:00-04:00

This great vintage film from the 1930s shows a drove through Central Park, down 5th Avenue and through Times Square, and own Park Avenue near Grand Central. While the color and sound are not original, they were added to the video to enhance the scene. Check it out!

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[VIDEO] What is Daylighting? How This NYC Intersection Adjustment Saves So Many Lives

2024-09-15T12:00:00-04:00

I have been making Streetfilms about Daylighting for over 15 years. Around that time period Streefilms put together the first film ever on the topic: 2010's "Daylighting: Make Your Crosswalks Safer" (https://vimeo.com/12796910) featuring a number of prominent New Yorkers on the topic.

I have always tried to work in daylighting into everything I can. It just makes sense to not have cars parked all the way up to crosswalks (or in some cases right up until the intersection!). By eliminating cars being parked from the first 10 to 15 feet (in some places they use 20!) you create a safer environment for drivers to not only see peds & bicyclists but OTHER drivers.

During a meeting after I had assembled together a blog post for Open Plans on some of the work I had done over the years (https://www.openplans.org/blog/street...) we talked about coming up with a new version for 2024. And so the idea was born and we got a dozen folks to talk to us about daylighting and the really cool movement from NYC Community Boards now passing resolutions asking the Mayor & NYC DOT for #universaldaylighting!

Oh, and this video features prominently Emily Chingay who really made this video come alive with her enthusiasm and great script she penned! Enjoy and please circulate and use it wherever you can. Though it is NYC based, it provides a model for other cities & communities to make daylighting happen.

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[VIDEO] This Colorized Video Shows 1930s Midtown Manhattan from Car's POV

2024-08-07T12:00:00-04:00

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[VIDEO] Take a Tour of a Vintage NYPD 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook Patrol Car

2024-05-24T12:00:00-04:00

The New York Police Department always sets up a booth at the New York International Auto Show to show off their collection of vintage NYPD police and emergency services vehicles. In this short video from the department at the auto show, take a tour of their 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook patrol car.

A behind-the-scenes look at the NYPD's classic 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook patrol vehicle.

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[VIDEO] Why Does NYC Need Congestion Pricing?

2024-03-01T12:00:00-05:00

It’s time for a city that moves faster, works better, and breathes easier. Reducing traffic in the Congestion Relief Zone—the area of Manhattan south of and including 60th Street—will transform the area from gridlocked to unlocked. Congestion Pricing will move buses, ambulances, and deliveries faster to create a better New York.

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[WATCH] NYC Just Banned Drivers from Honking...

2024-01-08T12:00:00-05:00

Engine noises, muffler noises, honking, if your car does these things, its going to get you in big trouble because loud cars are now against the law.

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[WATCH] New Yorker’s Won’t Buy Electric Vehicles... Why?

2023-11-26T12:00:00-05:00

Only 1% of NYC Residents Own an EV, which doesn’t make sense. Lets find out why.

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[WATCH] Colorized Video Shows New York City and Third Ave El in 1950s

2023-01-15T12:00:00-05:00

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of New York 1955, Third Avenue Elevated (sometimes abbreviated to Third Avenue El) was an overhead subway line in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. The original design for the line was developed by the New York Elevated Railroad Company, which also operated the IRT Ninth Avenue Line, and was incorporated into the Manhattan Railway Company on May 20, 1879

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[WATCH] This New Yorker is Trying to Get Ghost Cars Off the Streets

2023-01-10T12:00:00-05:00

Drivers in New York City have figured out a way to get around the NYPD's elaborate network of traffic enforcement cameras -- making their license plates unreadable. We meet the snitch trying to stop them and a ghost plate dealer keeping them on the streets.

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[VIDEO] How New York City Manages the Most Congested Streets in America

2022-11-17T12:00:00-05:00

New York might have America’s best public transit systems but its roads are just as important. Each day the city plays host to an intricate dance of pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles. Keeping it all running smoothly takes grit, street sweepers, thousands of cameras and a whole lot of asphalt.

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