Studies & Reports
Basics
STUDY: City Visitors Who Use E-scooters More Spend More
While e-scooters may offer a low-carbon option for post-COVID tourism, do these schemes benefit tourist cities? One Australian study explores.
June 29, 2021
Not So Fast: Why Slower Is Often Better
Conventional planning tends to overvalue speed and undervalue other goals, resulting in a less efficient and equitable transportation system than travelers prefer. Here's why we need to change it.
June 25, 2021
How Cities Should Analyze Crashes that Kill Peds
A team of advocates has produced what may be the most comprehensive report on crashes that kill pedestrians — and it’s prompting a call for a similar approach to be adopted across the country.
May 19, 2021
Study: Cycling Rates Low Unless Women Are Riding
Around the world, cities that do the best job of catering to the needs of women cyclists also have the highest level of cycling overall, a new study finds — and the U.S. has among the lowest share of female riders on the planet.
May 13, 2021
Study: For Nearly Half of Drivers, Threat of Police Enforcement Doesn’t Deter Texting
An over-focus on enforcement poses unconscionable dangers to black residents — and it doesn't even deter many dangerous drivers.
June 12, 2020
How Bad Might the Post-Pandemic Carpocalypse Be?
Travel times will rise dramatically — and by as much as 42 minutes each way in San Francisco! — if cities don't encourage residents to return public buses and trains and stay out of their cars when the coronavirus pandemic is over.
May 5, 2020
Amtrak Wants To Compete With Planes And Roads
Whaddya know? Amtrak is getting better and better — and may soon be profitable (you read that right!).
November 11, 2019
American Cities Are Drowning in Car Storage
Groundbreaking research presents credible estimates of the total parking supply in several American cities, and it's not pretty.
July 12, 2018
Five Ground Rules to Help Cities Get the Most Out of Dockless Bike-Share
Safe users, clear public spaces, equal access: cities should demand them all from bike share companies.
May 21, 2018
How America’s Bike Helmet Fixation Upholds a Culture of “Unfettered Automobility”
It's not a coincidence that bicycling remains dangerous in our helmet-obsessed safety culture.
February 14, 2018
