Well, WNYC's experiment in Crowdsourcing, in which New Yorkers hit the streets and counted the SUV's on their block, is over and the results have been posted online. On average, it seems that participants found that 30.6% of all of the cars counted were SUV's. Strangely enough, only 25% of all vehicles sold in the country are SUV's. That's right, it appears that New York City residents own more SUV's, on average. Interesting, huh? Scary, too!
Of course, the results were not scientific. Let's face it, most of the participants were WNYC listeners, which is kind of easy to tell from the map (okay, that's unfair but, seriously, look at the pattern). Plus, it is likely that many of the participants were anti-SUV, which could have skewed the results.
Take a look at the SUV map here. You can listen to the results being discussed on the Brian Lehrer Show here.
