Tuesday’s New York Times featured a front-page piece on the most dangerous cities for walking, and guess what?

Boston/Cambridge/Quincy was least dangerous. Graphic here and here:

Wait a minute:

Quincy? What the hell does Quincy have to do with Boston and Cambridge?

Ask Transportation for America, which designed the survey.

And let us know if you get a decent answer.

(The hardworking staff has sent an email as well.)

UPDATE: David Goldberg, Communications Director at Transportation for America, has graciously replied that Quincy is included with Boston and Cambridge because “It’s part of the census-defined MSA [metropolitan statistical area].”