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Manhattan Streets Especially Deadly for Seniors

By Brad Aaron | | 9 Comments
TSTC stats compiled from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and US Census data Older pedestrians face a disproportionate risk of death in Manhattan and other downstate New York areas, according to a new study by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. Though senior fatality rates are high across the region — people aged 65 and older accounted […]

Report: Good Transit and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand

By Sarah Goodyear | | 1 Comment
MARTA train in Atlanta, Georgia, where officials are studying the link between transit and job growth. How could federal job creation programs be greener? Making access to public transit a priority would be one way. A report called "Uncle Sam’s Rusty Toolkit," released today by Good Jobs First, details the group’s finding that federal job-creation […]

Study Finds Cyclists Need Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | | 35 Comments
A Hunter College study on cyclist behavior is making the rounds today, getting a long post on City Room. The data measure the extent to which cyclists take safety precautions and follow traffic laws. Helpful stuff to know, except that the findings are presented in a way that feeds into the worst stereotypes about cyclists […]

Jan Gehl: New York Could Have World’s Best Streets

By Gideon Shapiro | | 6 Comments
When DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, together with consultant and Danish urban planner Jan Gehl,  introduced the new "World Class Streets" doc [PDF] to a crowd of over 300 last Thursday evening at the Center for Architecture, the event seemed equal parts town hall meeting and celebrity book launch. Building upon PlaNYC and DOT’s Sustainable Streets, […]

NYC Bike Counts Jump 35 Percent

By Ben Fried | | 19 Comments
The rumors were spot on. Yesterday DOT announced a 35 percent increase in commuter cycling. This year, an average of more than 12,500 cyclists were counted crossing DOT’s screenline — a set of checkpoints leading into the Manhattan CBD — up from about 9,300 in 2007. It’s the biggest jump in raw numbers since the […]

Why Americans Bike and Walk — Or Don’t

By Ben Fried | | No Comments
DC-area blog WashCycle points us to this recently released survey from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [PDF]. The stats on Americans’ bicycling and walking behavior are a little behind the times — from phone interviews done in 2002 — but there are reams of data compiled from nearly 10,000 questionnaires. Some of the most […]
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