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Traffic’s Human Toll
Transportation Alternatives' new study, Traffic's Human Toll, is getting picked up all over the place (CBS, NBC, Post). The report is an update on the famous Appleyard Study and it found that New Yorkers who live on high traffic streets have a measurably lower quality of life. Not exactly a huge surprise, and yet this is the first time that anyone has ever quantified it. The study is yet another argument in on behalf of an aggressive traffic reduction program for New York City.
October 6, 2006
Traffic’s Human Toll
For the last two years or so Transportation Alternatives' Karla Quintero has been working on a New York City-based update of the famous "Appleyard Study" examining the social costs of traffic. Karla presented the study's preliminary findings last year at a forum I helped organize in Brooklyn and it was really interesting. This event is sure to be a good one. From Transalt:
October 3, 2006
Above the Law: Parking Permit Abuse Study Released
Transportation Alternatives has released a study of parking permit abuse among New York City employees (as observed in nine neighborhoods). Their press release notes the study's key findings:
September 28, 2006
Weinshall and Budnick on WNYC
Did people have a chance to listen to Brian Lehrer's interview with DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall and Transportation Alternatives' Noah Budnick yesterday morning? If so, what did you think?
September 15, 2006
Budnick Talks Transpo on NY1
Transportation Alternatives's Noah Budnick makes the case on NY1's "The Call."
August 10, 2006
Houston Street Redesign: The $30 Million Missed Opportunity
The death of Derek Lake, killed one month ago at age 23 when his bicycle tripped a metal plate on Houston Street, hints at a tragedy shared by all New Yorkers: City Hall's continued insistence that the ultimate goal of a New York City street is to move as many cars and trucks each day as physically possible.
July 25, 2006
Brooklyn to Mayor: Get a Transportation Policy
A 1997 traffic-calming protest in Brooklyn Heights (Photo: Transportation Alternatives).
July 17, 2006
Improper Steel Plate May Have Caused Fatal Crash
The steel construction plate above may have contributed to Derek Lake's fatal bike crash yesterday.
June 27, 2006