Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Commuting

Low-Income Americans Walk and Bike to Work the Most

By Tanya Snyder | May 8, 2014 | No Comments

The U.S. Census Bureau just released its first-ever report exclusively on walking and biking. Using data from the American Community Survey, the report shows how rates of active transportation vary by age, income, education, race, and the availability of a vehicle. It’s a lot more detail than the usual Census data release on how people get […]

Garodnick Bill Would Give Transit Riders a Tax Break

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2014 | 6 Comments

A City Council bill from Dan Garodnick could save a lot of transit riders a nice chunk of change. Federal law lets commuters spend up to $130 in tax-free income a month on transit fares. For a New Yorker earning an average wage, buying a monthly MetroCard with pre-tax dollars adds up to $443 in […]

Five Ways Colleges Are Coaxing Students Out of Their Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 5, 2014 | No Comments

The University of Wisconsin-Madison provides bike valet at its football games. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supports free transit for everyone in the region. The University of California, Irvine launched a bike-share system in 2009, long before any major city in California had done so. American colleges and universities are leaders in […]

Study: All Across America, Car Commuting Is Dropping

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 4, 2013 | No Comments

U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group are on a mission to explore the downward trend in driving. In a series of reports, they point to evidence that it isn’t just a temporary blip, but a long-term shift in how Americans get around. Today, the two organizations released a new report, “Transportation in Transition: A Look at Changing Travel Patterns in […]

Census: American Bike Commuting Up Nine Percent in 2012

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 19, 2013 | No Comments

Congratulations, America. We’re biking to work more than ever before. We’ve known for a while that Americans are driving less than they used to, even as the economy grows. And just about every quarter, the American Public Transportation Association delivers more stats about increasing transit ridership. Now the Census brings another measure of Americans’ shifting transportation […]

City Lays an Old Board Over Upper Manhattan Greenway Pit

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2013 | 2 Comments

The Parks Department doesn’t know when a hole that opened up two months ago on the Hudson River Greenway will be repaired. A tipster sent us photos of the pit, located just north of 181st Street in Washington Heights, in June. These pictures were taken by the same reader about a week and a half […]

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