Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Studies & Reports

Tomorrow, Special Event: What is Traffic’s Human Toll?

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 4, 2006 | 1 Comment

A special New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign event. Location: NYU Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd FloorTime: 9 – 10:30 amRSVP: research@transalt.org.Note: A light breakfast will be served.

Traffic’s Human Toll

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 3, 2006 | No Comments

For the last two years or so Transportation Alternatives’ Karla Quintero has been working on a New York City-based update of the famous "Appleyard Study" examining the social costs of traffic. Karla presented the study’s preliminary findings last year at a forum I helped organize in Brooklyn and it was really interesting. This event is sure to be a […]

The Three Big Bicyclist Fatality Clusters

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2006 | 7 Comments

It was noted on the Brian Lehrer show this morning that the City’s Bicyclist Fatality and Injury Report (PDF file) identifies three specific locations or "clusters" where bicycle fatalities were unusually common between 1996 and 2005. A "cluster" is defined as "three or more fatalities within 1,000 feet." The three densest clusters were found on […]

U.K. Study Finds Wearing a Bike Helmet May be More Dangerous

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2006 | 9 Comments

We are certainly still going to be wearing our helmets when we ride bikes on New York City streets, but here is an interesting study by Dr. Ian Walker a "traffic psychologist" from Bath University in Great Britain. Walker found that motorists drove more safely and carefully when passing cyclists who were not wearing helmets. […]

Digging in: How Many Crashes Are Due to “Bicycle Factors?”

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2006 | 5 Comments

Charles Komanoff at Right of Way has churned out an initial analysis of the City’s bicycle injury and fatality study. Here is his take: New York City just released its first-ever study of bicycle injuries and fatalities. There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that four City agencies (health, transportation, parks and […]

Sneak Preview of Bloomberg’s 21st Century Urban Vision

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 16, 2006 | 16 Comments

As reported in today’s Observer a team working under Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff has, for the last year or so, been secretly developing a sweeping, new urban planning vision for New York City. In its scope and ambition, the Observer compares the plan to the 1811 layout of Manhattan’s street grid system and the 1929 […]

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