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Streetfacts #4: Children Have Lost the Freedom to Roam

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 10, 2013 | No Comments

Think of this Streetfacts chapter as a PSA about how, in just a few generations, we have tightly restricted American kids’ freedom to roam, play, and become self-sufficient. The percentage of children walking and bicycling to school has plummeted from almost 50 percent in 1969 to about 13 percent today. Although distance from school is often cited […]

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Streetfacts: Roads Are a Money Losing Proposition

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 22, 2013 | No Comments

The majority of the roads and highways built in America are simply bad investments. Continuing this pattern will only ensure that wasteful projects consume larger chunks of our federal, state, and local budgets, without addressing the real need for transportation options. This Streetfacts chapter has a bit more math than usual, but we think we’ve made an […]

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A Bike-Parking Protected Bike Lane Grows in Manhattan

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 18, 2013 | No Comments

A few years ago, it was a pretty big deal when on-street bike parking was installed in any city. Though it is always welcome news, today it hardly merits a mention. But you can find another milestone on the protected bike lane on Ninth Avenue (which was NYC’s first), where three bike corrals have been installed between […]

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How Many NYC Drivers Fail to Signal?

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 12, 2013 | No Comments

If you walk on New York City streets (or frankly anywhere in the U.S.), you’re well aware of how much unlawful and dangerous driving happens on nearly every block: red light running, speeding, double-parking, you name it. I first moved to NYC in 1991, and one thing that seems to have gotten much worse since […]

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Streetfacts: Americans Are Driving Less

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 2, 2013 | No Comments

We continue our Streetfacts series by looking at the data on driving in the U.S. Per-capita driving has declined every year since 2005. That’s not a blip, it’s now an 8-year trend. The reason? Neither the state of the economy nor changes in gas prices offer a satisfactory explanation. Social preferences and demographic shifts seem to […]

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Streetfacts: Bike Lanes Aren’t Just for Big Cities

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 29, 2013 | No Comments

Welcome to the first of five shorts we’re calling Streetfacts. With Streetfacts, we’ll be highlighting developing trends affecting transportation and planning policy, as well as addressing the cost of “bad practices” that prevent us from shifting to a more balanced transportation network that supports more livable places. As Streetfilms viewers know, many of the big […]

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