Category Archives: Shoddy Studies

Fatality Numbers vs. Safety

Posted on 2011/05/24 by

On Streetsblog, they’re waving New York’s relatively high pedestrian fatality rate as evidence the streets are unsafe and much more can be done. The region’s pedestrian death rate is the 13th worst in the nation, about the same as Houston, … Continue reading →

Posted in Good/Interesting Studies, New York, Shoddy Studies, Studies | 7 Comments

More on Driving vs. Transit Costs

Posted on 2011/05/17 by

Thanks to Elizabeth Alexis of CARRD for finding and giving me a link to the AAA’s methodology for computing driving costs, used in APTA’s flawed study about the high household savings coming from switching from driving to transit. The AAA … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars, Good/Interesting Studies, Shoddy Studies, Studies, Transportation | 4 Comments

How much does driving cost?

Posted on 2011/05/11 by

APTA has just come out with a press release touting large savings for households that do not drive but instead take mass transit. The average it claims is $10,000 per year per person nationwide; in some cities it’s higher, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars, Shoddy Studies, Studies, Transportation | 10 Comments

New York Provincialism, and the MTA’s Flawed Smartcard Report

Posted on 2011/05/11 by

New York’s MTA recently published a report proposing a next-generation payment system replacing the MetroCard. You can find it here: to read it, download it and add .pdf to the file extension. Sections 4-5 are the most relevant here. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Incompetence, New York, Shoddy Studies, Studies, Transportation, Urban Transit | 7 Comments