Crew

Clarence Eckerson Jr. started delivering newspapers by bicycle at age 13 and never looked back. Since, he has become a respected environmental filmmaker and the two naturally synergized into bikeTV in 2002.

He has been an advocate in cycling and pedestrian world since 1994 when he became a volunteer for Transportation Alternatives. And he was chair of the Brooklyn T.A. Committee from 1999 to 2001. After producing a film about "Car-free Central Park" in 2004, he was hired by The Open Planning Project (TOPP), a new non-profit group which is using video to advocate for more open space and safer conditions for pedestrians and cyclists.

Steve McMaster serves on the Board of Transportation Alternatives and is a trustee with the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy. His day job is C.E.O. of Sam Six, Inc. a company that creates control and monitoring systems that aim to make electric and gas transmission and distribution more efficient.

He has worked on energy efficiency projects in England, Scotland, Portugal, France, Argentina and the U.S for various organizations including Greenpeace.

Mike Gaughan has been working in various capacities in television production since the early 1980's. Mike has been producing and directing pieces for BikeTV since February 2000.

Mike has won 3 TELLY Awards and a COMMUNICATOR Award since 2001 for pieces he created for BikeTV. Mike's pieces have also screened as stand alone short films in Film Festivals in New York City, Philadelphia, PA and Portland Oregon. Mike enjoys the opportunity to mix his professional skill in television production with his avocation of bicycle riding.

Steve O'Neill has worked as a paperboy, dishwasher, fishmonger, waiter, office temp, technical writer and computer programmer. He has been a part of the bikeTV crew since 2002. Steve is also a member of Transportation Alternatives and Right of Way.

When he's not filming for bikeTV he's slinging HTML or doing research for the Bridge Tolls Advocacy Project. He hopes to see traffic sanity for New York City in his lifetime. "The true automobile is the bicycle."

Teresa Celemin grew up in Upstate New York and has been moving in and out of the NYC area for over 20 years. This current stint is the first one involving cycling. Since beginning serious city cycling, she has managed to crash her bike on the Brooklyn Greenway, on the Brooklyn Bridge, crossing the Hudson Bergen Light Rail in Jersey City and most recently on Broadway after being doored by a cab. She is currently looking for affordable health insurance.

Teresa is an artist and rides her Brompton to her studio every day. Her artwork may be viewed at www.TeresaCelemin.com

Elizabeth Marsh will happily give herself the credit for BikeTV's recent explosion of field reporting beyond the borders of New York City. Her first job was at her uncle's bike shop in Minnesota, she became immersed in the cyclist lifestyle while participating in the vibrant and diverse bike culture in Portland, Oregon, and she's currently reveling in her new commute in California's Bay Area. Elizabeth is a big fan of Unitarian Universalists , anything unconventional, sushi, and keepin' it real.

Robert Eberwein first learned to ride on a big old Schwinn "truck bike" at Noble ball field in the Bronx. Since then he's had a number of adventures, both big and small, and since 1996, after having put aside biking for some years, he's become a full-time bike commuter to his copy-cataloging job at NYU's Bobst Library. When he's not working he becomes a country day tripper throughout the NYC region -- esp. the Hudson Valley via Metro-North.

Robert is interested in portraying the variety of explorations that cycling makes available to anyone who has the desire to get out beyond the city limits (and quite a few within them as well).

Reverend Phil is a bike culturlist de Portland, Oregon. He like-a-da sauce. He generally imposes his destructive optimism upon his surroundings which is often FREE GEEK, a nonprofit that recycles computers and educates folks in Open Source, although revphil initially thought they said "open sores." In general he would rather go outside.

Test your mettle playing bike hockey with The Axles of Evil or fight evil crime with Zoobomb.