KOMANOFF: What I Learned Outside a Chinatown Restaurant
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Only two of 37 restaurant customers arrived by car. And one was in a cab.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic
Traffic Studies Are ‘Junk Science’ — Yet Planners, Courts Rely on Them Anyway
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Community leaders and the courts are putting too much faith into dubious traffic studies that always seem to predict more and more driving, a new study argues — but that could change.
EYES ON THE STREET: Hochul’s Plan for LaGuardia-Bound Buses Will Need Lots of Help
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Gov. Hochul's proposed bus to LaGuardia Airport has the chance to work — if planners get cars out of the way.
Latest Data Show (Again!) That London’s Congestion Pricing is Working
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Friday, Feb. 17 will mark two decades since London inaugurated congestion charging — and the latest data continue to show that it's been an unqualified success.
A Reporter’s Guide to ‘Congestion Cost’ Studies
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Every year or so, one or more traffic-counting organizations trots out a report claiming that congestion is costing us tens of billions dollars each year. Despite the “big data” and elaborate estimates, the results are simply bunk, because they’re based on a flawed premise.
Study: Downtown Congestion is Still Down — And It Could Help Explain Roadway Dangers
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Downtown rush hour has still not roared back to pre-pandemic levels even as car travel surges in the suburbs, a new study finds — and it may help explain why traffic deaths have stayed so stubbornly high in U.S. communities.