Urban Life
New law enrolls every NY driver in pricier auto insurance coverage. Half will get no benefit
I went to my insurance agent and filled out the declination form two weeks ago, took all of five minutes and saves about $30 a year. They literally have stacks of the form at the clerks desk. If your unmarried it's worthwhile to do.
NPR
Bicycles on Interstates Are Safer then City Streets
🚴If we wanted to save lives of bicyclists, we would ban them from city streets and require that they only ride on Interstate Highway with their 12 foot shoulders and limited access points. Based on crash data it’s much safer to ride a bicycle on the shoulder of a limited access highway than a city street. Cyclist deaths on limited access highways are exceptionally rare in the many states that permit such riding. 🚴
🔢Too often though we let emotions and perception
of safety replace statistical evidence. 🔢
Miles of Public Highway by State
New York State has the 15th largest number of miles of public highway in America and is the 26th largest state in America.
Income Inequality vs Property Crime
So I got this idea in my head that areas of New York State with a lot of property crime would be areas with a lot of wealth inequality -- some place like Westchester, Manhattan or Ithaca. After all, people in poverty might want to steal the color television from the mansion up the street. But comparing property rates to GINI indexes in New York, the correlation between wealth inequality and property seems fairly weak to say the least.
Bethlehem, NY: A Bedroom Community
#30DayMapChallenge 2022, Day 1: Points. A map made in R.https://github.com/AndyArthur/30daymapchallenge/blob/main/day1points.R