I was in Girona, a small city that sits in a province away from Barcelona. Both cities are on the route of Spain’s most impressive train route, the “AVE,” or “alta velocidad” high-speed train. Reaching over 200mph (320kph), they zip…
I took an Amtrak day trip to Harrisburg, and right when I walked out of the train station, I noticed a handful of white bikes docked right next to the bus shelter. Oh my goodness, I thought, Harrisburg has a…
I wanted to write this article as someone who has become deeply involved in New York’s community gardens, specifically community composting, over the past two years. Very often, funding for these types of programs is thought of as a “nice…
Yes, the F and M trains are swapping routes through part of Manhattan in Queens. And if the conversations I’ve had are any indication, most people are confused. I was too. After all, here’s the MTA’s explanation. I’m not an urban planner,…
A surprising amount of the backlash against building protected bike lanes, and perhaps against investing in cities in general, can be summed up with the “bean soup theory.” The bean soup theory emerged from TikTok in 2023, when a creator…
We know that increasing the supply of housing decreases rent. (Or at least, it slows the rate at which rents grow.) This is true even when the homes are new, market-rate, and “luxury,” Yes, on a neighborhood level this isn’t as…
I find myself torn on the debate over Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan. You have a clear argument on both sides. We need more green space in cities. As I’ve written about, green space does everything from cooling the air and…