Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Studies & Reports

Study: 1,000 Peds Injured Annually By Cyclists Statewide; Number Is Dropping

By Noah Kazis | Sep 19, 2011 | 53 Comments

Follow the tabloid media, and you’d think that New York City has been swept by “bike bedlam,” a tide of scofflaw cyclists striking fear into the hearts of pedestrians everywhere. Sift through actual pedestrian safety data, and the actual risk posed by cyclists pales in comparison to that posed by motor vehicles: while over the […]

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Brookings: Transit Access to Jobs Is the Missing Link

By Tanya Snyder | May 13, 2011 | No Comments

If you’re a middle-income person living in the Philadelphia metro area, there’s an 85 percent chance you live within three-quarters of a mile of a transit stop, and you probably have to wait about 12 minutes for a bus or train. But if you’re looking for work, beware: only 20 percent of the jobs in […]

Insurance Institute Study: Red Light Cameras Reduce Traffic Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Feb 2, 2011 | 14 Comments

A new study shows that, despite their supposed reputation as government revenue collectors, red light cameras are saving lives. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that red light cameras prevented 159 deaths between 2004 and 2008 in 14 of the largest cities in the U.S., and that 815 deaths would have been prevented had […]

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Highway-Affiliated Pew Climate Report Favors “Clean” Cars Over Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 20, 2011 | No Comments

Many transportation reformers were disappointed last week when the Pew Center on Global Climate Change released a report indicating that only clean car technology had a shot at significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The report dismissed smart growth development strategies and transit as trivial contributors to a lower-carbon economy. Pew has a well-earned reputation for […]

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Actually, Highway Builders, Roads Don’t Pay For Themselves

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 4, 2011 | No Comments

You’ve heard it a thousand times from the highway lobby: Roads pay for themselves through “user fees” — a.k.a. gas taxes and tolls — whereas transit is a drain on the taxpayer. They use this argument to push for new roads, instead of transit, as fiscally prudent investments. The myth of the self-financed road meets […]

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Don’t Waste the Next Two Years: A Blueprint for Reform Under GOP Control

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 16, 2010 | No Comments

So longtime chair James Oberstar is gone from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the Republicans in charge now are unlikely to take up a transportation bill as expansive as the one he proposed last year. That doesn’t mean transportation advocates should take the next two years off. In “Moving Past Gridlock: A Proposal […]

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