Fun With Numbers (Or: The PlaNYC Index)
Number of times each of the following words or phrases appears in the PlaNYC chapter on transportation:
By
Brad Aaron
11:52 AM EDT on April 26, 2007
Number of times each of the following words or phrases appears in the PlaNYC chapter on transportation:
- congestion: 105
- bus(es): 157
- bike/bikes/biker/bicycle/bicycles/bicycling/cycling: 53
- bike lane: 3
- pedestrian: 9
- sidewalk: 16
- crosswalk: 2
- safety: 7
- pedestrian safety: 1
- drive/driver(s)/driving: 58
- car(s)/auto(s)/automobile: 27
- truck(s)/truckers: 24
- enforce/enforcing/enforcement: 15
- speeding: 3
- struck/injured/killed/fatalities: 0
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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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