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Through interviews with leading historians, urban planners, and government officials, CONTESTED STREETS explores the history and culture of New York City streets from pre-automobile times to the present. This examination allows for an understanding of how the city, though the most well served by mass transit in the United States, has slowly relinquished what was a rich, multi-dimensional conception of the street as public space to a mindset that prioritizes the rapid movement of cars and trucks over all other functions. Central to the story is a comparison of New York to what is experienced in London, Paris and Copenhagen. Interviews and footage shot in these cities showcase how curtailing automobile use in recent years has improved air quality, mitigated noise pollution and enriched commercial, recreational and community interaction. Congestion pricing, bus rapid transit (BRT) and pedestrian and bike infrastructure schemes and looked at in depth...

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¦      RELEASE TYPE..> XviD               SUPPLiER.......> FiCO CREW          ¦
¦      RELEASE DATE..> 2010.12.12         ---------.> FiCO CREW          
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¦      STREET DATE...> 2008.05.27         ENCODER........> FiCO CREW          ¦
¦      THEATRE DATE..> 2006.06.27         RATiNG [iMDb]..> 5.5 (20)           ¦
¦      ViDEO CODEC...> XviD Koepi         AUDiO CODEC....> LAME 3.9           ¦
¦      ViDEO BiTRATE.> Avg 736 kbit/s     AUDiO BiTRATE..> 109 kbit/s         ¦
¦      ViDEO FORMAT..> NTSC               AUDiO FORMAT...> MPEG1-Layer3       ¦
¦      RiP METHOD....> 2-pass ABR         MOViE SiZE.....> 349mb              ¦
¦      ASPECT RATiO..> 1.905              DiSKS..........> 25x15mb            ¦
¦      RESOLUTiON....> 640 x 336          RUNTiME........> USA: 57 min        ¦
¦      GENRE.........> Documentary                                            ¦
¦      LANGUAGES.....> English                                                ¦
¦      SUBTITLES.....> None