Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Studies & Reports

Gateway treatments made with paint and signs haven't been enough to prevent reduce traffic injuries in NYC's neighborhood slow zones. Photo: Noah Kazis

London’s Slow Zones Save Lives and New York’s Don’t. Here’s Why.

By David Meyer | Jun 13, 2018 | 53 Comments

In New York's slow zones, speed humps are the only physical traffic calming measure. London uses a greater variety of traffic calming measures, installed more intensively.

Study: People Who Bike to Work Live Longer Than People Who Drive

By Angie Schmitt | May 3, 2018 | No Comments

A robust study of British workers found that people who commute by bike are less likely to die from heart disease, cancer, and other causes.

Hit-and-Run Deaths Are Skyrocketing, and Pedestrians and Cyclists Bear the Brunt

By Angie Schmitt | May 1, 2018 | No Comments

Hit-and-run drivers killed more than 2,000 people in the U.S. in 2016, an increase of 60 percent since 2009.

Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images via Wikimedia Commons

An Hourly Fee on Cabs and Ubers Is Less Radical Than It Appears

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 7, 2018 | 2 Comments

Transportation analyst Bruce Schaller recommends charging for-hire vehicles between $5 and $50 per hour within the Manhattan taxi zone.

How America’s Bike Helmet Fixation Upholds a Culture of “Unfettered Automobility”

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2018 | No Comments

By almost any quantifiable safety metric, the helmet fixation has failed. People bike at low rates in the U.S. compared to international peers, and suffer higher injury and fatality rates per mile of cycling.

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