Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Traffic

Study: All Across America, Car Commuting Is Dropping

By Tanya Snyder | | 15 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 […]

In DC, the Danger of Enraged Driving Is on the Rise

By Tanya Snyder | | 1 Comment
Road rage is boiling over. Twelve percent of people surveyed in the Washington, DC, metro area said they often feel “uncontrollable anger toward another driver.” The number of people reporting such feelings has doubled since 2005, according to the Washington Post, which conducted the survey. Rage can be an impairment like intoxication or distraction, according to Leon […]

Counting Bikes and Cars Without a Clipboard

By Tanya Snyder | | 14 Comments
Liberate yourself from government transportation data that doesn’t tell you what you need to know! Break the chains of ignorance about how streets in your town are being used! Declare your independence from five-year-old data sets in PDF spreadsheets! Advocates have for too long been at the mercy of the limited data on travel patterns they […]

Streetfacts: Americans Are Driving Less

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | | No Comments
We continue our Streetfacts series by looking at the data on driving in the U.S. Per-capita driving has declined every year since 2005. That’s not a blip, it’s now an 8-year trend. The reason? Neither the state of the economy nor changes in gas prices offer a satisfactory explanation. Social preferences and demographic shifts seem to […]
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