Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Studies & Reports

Debunking the Attack on Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | | 2 Comments
As The Politicker’s Azi Paybarah reported yesterday, the anti-traffic relief group, "Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free" re-released its report, "Congestion Pricing in the Central Business District: Let’s Look Hard Before We Leap." Commissioned by the Queens Chamber of Commerce, the study calls into doubt the benefits of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed congestion pricing scheme, with some […]

PlaNYC Quietly Introduces “Safe Routes to Transit”

By John Kaehny | | 3 Comments
  As New Yorkers well know, sidewalks around subway stops and major transit hubs are often intensely crowded. Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC team is aware of this and buried on page 48 of the Technical Report supplementing PlaNYC’s transportation recommendations is a new program called "Safe Routes to Transit" (SR2T). While the attention to pedestrian issues […]

Where Do New York City Bike Commuters Come From?

By Jason Varone | | 17 Comments
Park Slope and Manhattan Valley have the largest numbers of bike commuters in NYC The Department of City Planning just released its 2007 New York City Bicycle Survey. With over 1,000 survey respondents, the report documents several trends and key findings regarding bike commuting, parking, and facililties in the city. Some of the highlights include: […]

The Benefits of a “Road Diet.”

By Aaron Naparstek | | 1 Comment
As the Department of Transportation’s "Road Diet" plan for Brooklyn’s 9th Street stirs up the ire of a small but well-organized and politically-connected group of home and car owners, it’s worth taking a look at this Parsons Brinckerhoff presentation, "Applying the Road Diet for Livable Communities." PB’s case studies show that, after properly executed Road Diets, car crashes and […]

PlaNYC Team Releases Transportation Technical Report

By Aaron Naparstek | | 7 Comments
The PlaNYC team has released the technical report providing the detailed background data for the transportation recommendations made in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s April 22 Long-Term Planning & Sustainability speech. It’s a big download — 25 megabytes and 166 pages — but if you are a New York City transportation policy wonk, it’s totally worth it.  […]

City and State Pedestrian Safety Numbers Don’t Add Up

By John Kaehny | | 3 Comments
New York City Pedestrian Injuries, 2000 – 2005  When Streetsblog set-out to compare pedestrian safety in New York City and London we had an easy time finding detailed statistics from London’s transportation agency. Back home was a bit more challenging. For some reason the number of pedestrian crashes reported by the State Department of Motor […]
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