Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Studies & Reports

More Walking and Biking, Better Health: New Evidence From American Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 17, 2014 | No Comments

New data from the Alliance for Biking and Walking’s 2014 Benchmarking report bears out the notion that people tend to be healthier in cities where walking and biking are more prevalent. The Alliance compiled active commuting rates in the 50 largest American cities as measured by the U.S. Census. Then it compared that data with health information […]

Local Climate Doesn’t Exert Much Influence on Biking and Walking

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 16, 2014 | No Comments

Which state has the highest share of people who walk to work? It’s not temperate California. Actually, Alaska, the coldest state in the U.S., has the highest rate of active commuting. About 8 percent of workers there commute by foot and another 1 percent by bike. That illustrates something that researchers have noticed for a […]

5 Things You Should Know About the State of Walking and Biking in the U.S

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 16, 2014 | No Comments

The Alliance for Biking and Walking released its big biannual benchmarking report today, a 200-page document that measures the scope, status, and benefits of biking and walking across the United States, using 2011 and 2012 data to update its previous reports. Streetsblog will be running a series of posts looking at the Alliance’s findings over the […]

Smart Growth America: Sprawl Shaves Years Off Your Life

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 2, 2014 | No Comments

Want to live a long, healthy, prosperous life? Don’t live in sprawlsville. Atlanta, I’m looking at you. Nashville, you too. Southern California’s Inland Empire: ouch. Meanwhile, break out the bubbly if you live in Atlantic City, Urbana/Champaign, or Santa Cruz — which all rank close to giants like New York and San Francisco as some […]

State DOTs Let Roads Fall Apart While Splurging on Highway Expansion

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 12, 2014 | No Comments

Even though 33 percent of its roads are in “poor” condition, West Virginia spends about 73 percent of its road budget building new roads and adding lanes. Mississippi spends 97 percent of its road money on expansion. Texas, 82 percent. Smart Growth America reports that the 50 states and the District of Columbia, combined, devote 55 […]

Why Is It Still So Hard to Find Out How States Are Spending Transpo Money?

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 19, 2014 | No Comments

You would be lucky to get half as much information about a $5 million transportation project in your state as you can get from a toothpaste tube about how to brush. That sad comparison comes from a new report by Advocacy Advance (a project of the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking […]

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