Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.The New York City neighborhoods with the worst health and poverty outcomes, also tend to have more injuries from traffic, according to data analyzed by urban planners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives.
The groups found that City Council districts with large Black and Latino populations appear to have fewer bike and bus lanes, are hotter in the summer and have less bike parking compared to the city average. By connecting specific Council districts and community boards to this data, Transportation Alternatives hopes it will spur lawmakers and neighborhood leaders to take action and allocate more resources and green space to their residents, Harris added.Photo by Spatial Equity NYC
In areas where the majority of residents are Latino adults, asthma rates are 40% higher than the city average. Buses in majority Latino neighborhoods were also found to be 10% slower, making them home to some of the slowest buses in the city, according to the data tool.
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