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The Importance of The Margin of Error
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 12/13/2013 - 11:09amEven the best poll or survey is slightly inaccurate, because a poll of a sample of people may not accurately reflect the entire population. To account for this problem, pollsters have developed the concept of a "margin of error"- a number (usually 2 to 5 percentage points) which shows the rang... read more »
Hollywood's Suburban Role Model
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 03/25/2013 - 2:02pmHazel Borys's recent post on joggable suburbs reminds me of something I had meant to blog about during Oscar time: a movie that gives us a fairly good role model of walkable suburbia: The Silver Linings Playbook.
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Who walks to transit and how much?
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 5:10pmAt CNU, I picked up a short article written by Lilah Besser and Andrew Dannenberg of the Center for Disease Control on walking to public transit.
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how walking became a crime
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:14pmI just heard an amazing set of presentations by Eric Dumbaugh and Peter Norton (author of a new book, Fighting Traffic). Dumbaugh begin with a statistical table listing causes of pedestrians being killed by cars; nearly every cause somehow showed pedestrians at fault (e.g. jaywalking, pedestr... read more »
Light Rail is Good for the Health of Cities and Residents
Submitted by Luke Hogan on Tue, 07/06/2010 - 3:12pmMany people know that a healthy public transit system is vital to the health of an urban area, but who knew this relationship extended to the health of residents? A study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that users of Light Rail (LRT) lost an average... read more »
NatGeo Surveys Countries' Transit Use: Guess Who Comes In Last
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 11:51amAmericans are far less likely to use public transportation than residents of other countries, according to the National Geographic Society's 2009 Greendex report.
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Commuting in America - USA Today
Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 10:21amIn a USA Today cover story today, Larry Copeland gave John Norquist a chance to react to the not-so-good news found in the latest "Commuting in America" report.
John used the opportunity to say how growing developer interest in mixed-use urbanism is poised to affect the so-far declining numbers for ... read more »