Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Studies & Reports

Designing the Ideal Taxi Stand for New York City

By Glenn McAnanama | Nov 14, 2006 | 9 Comments

One of my biggest frustrations on crutches was finding taxis in places or times of poor bus service. Even more frustrating was watching people basically cut me in line for the next taxi by either running ahead of me or just standing further up the block than me, snagging the next available taxi. Furthermore, it was most often […]

London’s Cycling Design Standards: A Model for NYC?

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 13, 2006 | 11 Comments

As New York City begins fulfilling its commitment to build 200 miles of new bicycle lanes over the next three years, the question will increasingly arise: What kind of bike lane should go where? Currently, DOT seems not to have any set of guidelines to answer that question. So, take a look at how the City of London does it. Transportation […]

Eat More Carbohydrates, Burn More Hydrocarbons

By Jason Varone | Nov 2, 2006 | 1 Comment

A forthcoming study by Sheldon H. Jacobson at the University of Illinois suggests that Americans’ expanding waistlines have significantly increased the amount of fuel we burn. Americans are now pumping 938 million gallons of fuel more annually than they were in 1960 as a result of extra weight in vehicles. And when gas prices average […]

The Bronx is Burning Bicycling

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 26, 2006 | 3 Comments

In the aftermath of last weekend’s 5,000 rider Tour de Bronx, I thought it might be worth revisiting the the Department of City Planning’s August 2006 Bronx Harlem River Bicycle and Pedestrian Study. The study identifies a number of specific ways to carve out space for cyclists and pedestrians and help neighborhoods of the South Bronx get better connected to […]

Creating Great Public Spaces in New York City

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 6, 2006 | No Comments

Project for Public Spaces just published a great piece of work that is very much worth a download. The paper is called "Nine Ways to Transform New York into a City of Great Places." From the introduction: In New York, the term "public space" is still synonymous with "parks" in most officials’ minds–and without a […]

Traffic’s Human Toll

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 6, 2006 | No Comments

Transportation Alternatives’ new study, Traffic’s Human Toll, is getting picked up all over the place (CBS, NBC, Post). The report is an update on the famous Appleyard Study and it found that New Yorkers who live on high traffic streets have a measurably lower quality of life. Not exactly a huge surprise, and yet this […]

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