Data Archives - Streetsblog New York City

Crunching Numbers to Curb Crashes: Using Federal Data to Make Our Roads Safer

Upholding federal data transparency is key to understanding and reversing the alarming level of crashes, fatalities, and strained infrastructure. Here's where we have more work to do.

Cathy Chase

October 30, 2025

Data

DATA: Not Paying Fines? Keep Speeding, Says New York City

It's yet another case of "anything goes" for drivers in Adams's New York.

Kevin Duggan

September 30, 2025

Delivery workers

Have Cake, Eat It Too: Delivery Workers Earning More, Industry Booming With Minimum Pay Standard

New data shows record-setting consumer revenue for delivery apps.

Sophia Lebowitz

September 9, 2025

City of Yes

Analysis: How to Leverage ‘City of Yes’ Zoning to Create More Housing Near Subways

Streetsblog analyses existing zoning, population and travel times to determine the best places for increasing housing density ... now!

Yoshi Omi-Jarrett

July 28, 2025

Congestion Pricing

IT’S WORKING: Initial Data Show Congestion Pricing Has Stemmed The Tide of Years of Increasing Traffic

Travel times are down an average of 34 percent across the eight bridges and tunnels into the Central Business District, which saw a 7.5-percent drop in overall traffic, according to MTA figures.

David Meyer

January 13, 2025

Streetsblog USA |VMT

Carmageddon: Shift to Remote Work Led to Increase in Driving and Congestion Nationally

Driving miles are higher today than they were before the pandemic, even though more Americans than ever still work from home.

George Kevin Jordan

September 17, 2024

DOT

Huge Grant: Feds Send City $12M to Improve Post-Crash Analyses

Advocates have been seeking this for years: a single repository where the disparate findings from multiple agencies about road crashes will be stored and analyzed.