Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Commuting

Open Thread: How Was Your Commute?

By Brad Aaron | Aug 29, 2011 | 12 Comments

Despite severe weekend flooding, city transit was for the most part up and running by the morning rush. Meanwhile, cyclists are tweeting on bike route conditions. Did you make it to work today? How did you get there? We’d also like to hear commute stories from anyone who worked or volunteered during the storm. Please, […]

Open Thread: Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Gridlock and Other Natural Disasters

By Brad Aaron | Aug 25, 2011 | 21 Comments

As it turned out, Tuesday’s earthquake didn’t have much of an impact on New York commuters. Washington, DC, however, was a different story. WAMU (via Transportation Nation) reported “some of the worst traffic jams since 9/11.” Meanwhile, dcist noted a surge in bike-share use: Capital Bikeshare tweeted this morning that it recorded 5,847 rides yesterday, […]

Do 12 American Regions Have Better Transit Access Than NYC? Doubtful.

By Noah Kazis | May 13, 2011 | 16 Comments

Does the New York City region really rank only 13th in the nation in providing transit access to jobs? Has it truly been bested by a top five of Honolulu, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Tucson and Fresno? That’s what a new report from the Brookings Institution claims, but don’t worry New Yorkers, there are […]

New York’s Car Ownership Rate Is on The Rise

By Noah Kazis | Apr 6, 2011 | 60 Comments

Car-free households broken down by Assembly district. Red areas indicate where car ownership has gone up, blue areas where it has decreased. Click on each district for more information. Fewer New Yorkers are driving to work than they did a decade ago, according to Census data Streetsblog reported on last December. But that same data […]

To Stay Connected to Jobs, New Yorkers Need Better Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Feb 23, 2011 | 13 Comments

Over the last decades, the economic geography of New York City has begun to shift. While Midtown and Lower Manhattan remain job centers without peer, more and more of the city’s jobs are located outside of the central business districts. As employment shifts into the other boroughs, however, the transit system hasn’t shifted with it. […]

Open Thread: How Was Your Commute?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 12, 2011 | 17 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg was determined not to be shown up by the second major snowstorm of the season, while Jay Walder advised against non-essential transit trips (the Times reports that all subways are running). It seemed the plows were out in force last night in Inwood, though there was six to eight inches on some sidewalks […]

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