Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Studies & Reports

Delivering the Goods to a Growing New York

By Jason Varone | Aug 23, 2007 | 9 Comments

In June, NYU’s Wagner Rudin Center of Transportation Policy & Management teamed up with the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council to host an event focused on current and future freight needs in the New York metro region. Their report cited increased consumption and congestion as serious challenges to moving goods in and around the city: […]

Dying to Get to Work

By Jason Varone | Jul 27, 2007 | 11 Comments

As New York State sets up a commission to study the costs and benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing proposal, a new study by the Clean Air Task Force finds that, for many New Yorkers, the greatest exposure to dangerous and unhealthy air pollution comes during the daily commute. "Although we spend only about […]

Addicted To Oil: Ranking States’ Vulnerability

By Jason Varone | Jun 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

A new NRDC report ranks U.S. states on their level of oil vulnerability measured by how heavily each state’s citizens are affected by increases in oil prices. States are also ranked on their implementation of solutions to reduce oil dependence. The report found that while oil dependence affects all states, some are hit harder economically […]

Q&A With Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 20, 2007 | 20 Comments

Streetsblog interviewed DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan at 40 Worth St., Monday, June 18 Janette Sadik-Khan: Four days. Streetsblog: Left in the legislative session? JSK: Yeah, well, maybe four days left, maybe more days. August in Albany. What can be better? SB: (Laughing) So, let’s start with something other than congestion pricing. How was your trip […]

Motor Vehicles Leading Cause of NYC Child Injury Deaths

By Sarah Goodyear | May 30, 2007 | No Comments

According to a new study out from the city’s Department of Health, children in New York are seven times less likely than children nationwide to die as car passengers. That’s the good news, likely the result of the fact that our kids spend a lot less time in cars than most American children. The bad […]

PlaNYC Team Releases Transportation Technical Report

By Aaron Naparstek | May 1, 2007 | 7 Comments

The PlaNYC team has released the technical report providing the detailed background data for the transportation recommendations made in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s April 22 Long-Term Planning & Sustainability speech. It’s a big download — 25 megabytes and 166 pages — but if you are a New York City transportation policy wonk, it’s totally worth it. […]

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