The city of Paris rolled out a citywide bicycle program involving 10,600 bikes in a bid to cut gridlock and give citizens a greener way to get around town. The program, named Vélib — a blend of vélo (bike) and liberté — allows users to swipe their credit card and take and return a bike from one of 750 stations in the city. "In the morning, you can go to...

Watch this video and see how Copenhageners flock to the streets by bike even in December, when average temperatures hover just above freezing.

PLEASE GO TO www.streetfilms.org TO SEE THIS IN A MUCH BETTER RESOLUTION, PLUS PLENTY OF OTHER GREAT BIKE AND TRANSPO FILMS! Advocates from Transporation Alternatives, The Project for Public Spaces, and The Open Planning Project join "Gridlock Sam" Schwartz and Enrique Penalosa to call for New York City to consider experimenting with some physically separated...