bogota_1.jpgSince its inception, NYCSR has been documenting Ciclovía, a massive event in Bogotá, Colombia. Our coverage brought this fantastic project to a worldwide audience.

For seven hours every Sunday, Ciclovía reclaims 70 miles of city streets for biking, walking, public recreation and community life. Two million Colombians use Ciclovía to exercise, de-stress and connect with their neighbors.

Streetfilms.org produces fun, informative video vignettes that cover best practices in sustainable transport and urban living. This website makes it easy for people around the world to see how enlightened planning can create fantastic neighborhoods and cities.

Streetfilms’ Ciclovía web video has been viewed more than 140,000 times and Livable Streets advocates in cities across America are using the video to convince their public officials to hold similar events. This summer, cities around the country - including Chicago, San Francisco, Baltimore and Portland - implemented Ciclovía-style programs, to great success.

summer_streets1.jpgIn New York City, Streetfilms’ advocacy-oriented journalism helped inspire 2008's launch of Summer Streets. During three weekends in August, the City turned Park Avenue into a park, opening up 7 miles of city streets to hundreds of thousands of pedestrians and cyclists.


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Testimonials

  • “Streetfilms Ciclovia video was critical in our efforts to engage city leaders. Showing the video to our mayor was the next best thing to flying him to Bogota. The success of San Francisco’s Sunday Streets owes a great debt to Streetfilm’s pioneering work."


    Leah Shahum
    Executive Director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

  • “Streetfilms opened the door to major innovation in Portland. Whether your movie about Ciclovia in Bogota leading to Portland's Sunday Parkways or PDOT and NYC DOT staff brainstorming and providing feedback to each other about engineering and education programs, Streetfilms has been a central part of Portland's story for the past three years.”


    Greg Raisman
    Community and School Traffic Safety Partnership
    Portland Office of Transportation, Oregon