backfill more research items (#14)

* myth busting, prop values, and safety

* add emp

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Co-authored-by: robhowley <[email protected]>

_posts/biz/2024-08-01-monon-trail-property-values.md

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+---
+title: Indiana's Monon Trail raised nearby property values
+categories:
+  - Business
+tags:
+  - Indianapolis
+---
+
+Indiana's Monon Trail is a "rail to trail" conversion that was very good for nearby property values. _Homes within 1/2
+mile of the trail sell for on average 11% more_ than those farther away.
+
+_Source_: [Protected bike lanes mean business](/images/research/2023-protected-bike-lanes-mean-business.pdf)

_posts/myth-busting/2024-08-01-bikes-income-inequality.md

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+---
+title: "Myth: biking, just a hobby for the wealthy"
+categories:
+  - Myth busting
+tags:
+  - Streetsblog
+  - Inequality
+  - Car
+  - Cost
+  - ACS
+---
+
+#### Fact: Lower income people are more likely to bike or walk to work
+
+For many people biking and going for walks is far from a hobby, but instead how they get to work. The Census Bureau's
+American Community Survey confirms this and also shows that these people skew lower income.
+
+![walk or bike to work](/images/img/myth-busting/census-acs-bike-income.png)
+
+This result shouldn't be surprising given that the _cost of car ownership is now over $1,000 per month_ according to
+AAA.
+
+#### Source 
+
+* Low-Income Americans Walk and Bike to Work the Most
+  * [pdf](/images/news/2014-streetsblog-income-biking.pdf)
+  * [original link](https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/05/08/low-income-americans-walk-and-bike-to-work-the-most)
+
+* What Is the Total Cost of Owning a Car?
+  * [pdf](/images/news/2024-nerd-wallet-cost-car-ownership.pdf)
+  * [original link](https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/auto-loans/total-cost-owning-car)

_posts/news/2024-08-01-business-insider-bikes-are-good-for-business.md

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+---
+title: Bike lanes are good for business, Business Insider, 2024
+categories:
+  - In the news
+tags:
+  - Business Insider
+  - NYC
+  - Portland
+  - SF
+  - Chicago
+  - LA
+---
+
+Meta review of years of bike lane and business research. Concludes that bike lanes are often good for business but
+occasionally have no impact. The doom and gloom to business that some may predict, however, isn't justified.
+
+Key quote ...
+
+> The most effective way to deal with opposition from local businesses is to just get the bike lanes built.
+> Before-and-after surveys tend to show that in the long run, everyone winds up satisfied.
+
+#### Source
+
+* [pdf](/images/news/2024-business-insider-bikes-good-for-business.pdf)
+
+* [orignal link](https://www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-good-for-business-studies-better-streets-2024-3)

_posts/safety/2024-07-16-pbl-analysis.md

@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ tags:
 
 #### 3 years of data shows reduction of injuries for all road users
 
+Everyone, drivers and their passengers included, are injured in crashes less often when streets have protected bike
+lanes.
+
 ![everyone is safer in nyc thanks to pbls](/images/img/2014-09-nyc-pbl/injury-plot.png)
 
-#### From 2001 to 2013, a 75% reduction in cycling risk
+This study also shows that from 2001 to 2013, a 75% reduction in cycling risk.
 
 _Source_: [NYC Protected Bike Lane Analysis](/images/research/2014-09-nyc-pbl-analysis.pdf), NYC DOT, 2014

_posts/safety/2024-08-01-nyc-green-paint.md

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 #### Sources
 
 * Evaluation of green bicycle lanes to increase compliance and bicycle safety, 2011
-  * [pdf](/images/research/nyc-green-paint-2011.pdf)
+  * [pdf](/images/research/2011-nyc-green-paint.pdf)
 * MUTCD approval (adoption) of green paint for bike lanes
   * [pdf](/images/research/mutcd-green-paint.pdf) 
   * [original link](https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/interim_approval/ia14/)