Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Studies & Reports

Study: Safe Routes to School Programs Boost Walking and Biking 30%

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 22, 2014 | No Comments

In just two generations, the share of American kids who walk or bike to school has plummeted — dropping from 50 percent in 1969 to 13 percent today. Can the trend be reversed? Yes, according to new research that shows the impact of street safety infrastructure and other programs implemented with federal Safe Routes to […]

Not Just a Phase: Young Americans Won’t Start Motoring Like Their Parents

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 14, 2014 | No Comments

A raft of recent research indicates that young adults just aren’t as into driving as their parents were. Young people today are walking, biking, and riding transit more while driving less than previous generations did at the same age. But the vast majority of state DOTs have been loathe to respond by changing their highway-centric ways. A […]

Got Transit Troubles? The Problem Could Be the Chain of Command

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 13, 2014 | No Comments

If you still have to juggle multiple farecards for the various transit systems in your area — or if urgent maintenance issues in the city core are going unattended while the suburbs get a shiny new station — the problem might run deeper than the incompetence everyone is grumbling about. The root of it all […]

The 10 Best and Worst Cities to Catch a Bus to Work

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 7, 2014 | No Comments

It’s been called “the geography of opportunity.” And David Levinson is trying to make a science of it. In a new analysis, Levinson, a University of Minnesota transportation engineering professor, and his colleague Andrew Owen have ranked the 50 largest U.S. metro areas based on job accessibility by transit [PDF]. Levinson and Owen used transit schedules and walking […]

Transit Can Cut Car Traffic Much More Than Ridership Alone Suggests

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 1, 2014 | No Comments

How much traffic does a transit line keep off the streets? Looking at ridership alone only tells part of the story, according a new study published in the Journal of the American Planning Association. The full impact of a transit line on motor vehicle traffic can far exceed the direct effect of substituting rail or bus […]

Sustainable Transportation Could Save the World (and Save $100 Trillion)

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 23, 2014 | No Comments

Dramatically expanding transit and active transportation over the next few decades could reduce urban vehicle emissions 40 percent more than following a car-centric trajectory. And it could also save the world economy $100 trillion. That’s according to a new report presented recently to the United Nations by researchers at UC Davis and the Institute for Transportation […]

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