Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

What Sets Apart the Places Where People Walk More?

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 6, 2014 | No Comments

A lot of research has shown a link between living in a walkable community, active transportation habits, and better health outcomes. But what aspects of “walkability” are tied to better health? Is it the mix of uses, the connected street grid, the density of housing, or all of the above? It’s an important question to […]

For One Reckless Driving Survivor, “Life Looks a Lot Different Than Before”

By Brad Aaron | Jan 14, 2014 | 7 Comments

Traffic fatality numbers usually get the headlines, but as a measure of how safe or dangerous it is to walk and bike, injuries are the more stable metric. Since 2003, according to state DMV data, an average of just under 14,000 people were injured by motorists while walking and biking in the city each year. Of […]

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What Should Doctors Do to Prevent Traffic Deaths?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 13, 2014 | No Comments

When cars first became a common presence in American cities, doctors were shocked by the carnage. In 1925, editors of the New England Journal of Medicine called the bloodshed caused by motorists “appalling” and lamented children’s loss of life as “a massacre of the innocent.” The sense of urgency was still detectable a few decades later. […]

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TED Talk: OKC Mayor Mick Cornett on Designing a City for Fitness

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 6, 2014 | No Comments

I got to know Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett last year, when I interviewed him at the annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. We talked about his realization that he and his constituents (generally speaking) were obese, and how he stood in front of the elephants at the zoo on New Year’s […]

The Health Care Cost of Traffic Crashes, and More Ped Injury Summit Tidbits

By Brad Aaron | Dec 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

Here is more from last week’s pedestrian injury summit at Elmhurst Hospital. NYC DOT Infrastructure: Ann Marie Doherty, NYC DOT chief of research for implementation and safety, highlighted the agency’s 2010 pedestrian safety study and action plan. Doherty said DOT is working to get laws passed related to side guards on trucks, to keep people from being […]

Doctors Relate the Horror of Traffic Violence at Pedestrian Injury Summit

By Brad Aaron | Dec 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

Medical professionals and transportation experts convened Thursday for the third New York City Summit on Pedestrian Injury, hosted by Elmhurst Hospital. The day-long event brought transportation officials and advocates together with doctors who witness the destruction caused by reckless drivers in the city every day. The summit is chaired by Dr. Jamie Ullman, director of neurosurgery […]

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