Summer Streets in New York

Summer Streets in NYC

From the New York Times:

On a path that extended from the Brooklyn Bridge north to Park Avenue and the Upper East Side, thousands of people filled the streets, taking part in activities like street-side tai chi or salsa dancing. Others simply enjoyed the chance to stroll in normally car-clogged streets. In a city where walkers, cyclists and motorists must share limited space, having a major thoroughfare through Manhattan free of cars created a giddy sort of excitement.

In Vancouver, we now have Car-Free Streets on Commercial, Denman and Main for a day each year.  Next step: joining them up with a network of bike-only routes.

UPDATE: Streetfilms, the New York-based videographers, just released their recording of Summer Streets here.