Midtown Manhattan is one of the densest, pedestrian-heavy, most transit-rich parts of the world. Yet along one of its most iconic thoroughfares, Fifth Avenue, the street design still puts cars first, pedestrians second, and transit-, micromobility- and bike-users last. That…
The fact that we’ve built the entire country around and for cars is absurd for so many reasons. While I’ve tried to hash out these problems of car-dependency with research and well-worded articles, when you visually see just how much…
In my community garden, there are a small number of thundering trees: London Plane trees (Platanus x acerifolia). And if you live in New York, you no doubt recognize these trees. It has the peeling bark and a mottled camouflage…
A few months ago, my neighborhood got a new protected bike lane. I was happy. Protected bike lanes mean I (and others) get to not die when I ride a bike. In the wake, so many of my neighbors commented,…
When the MTA first announced the Interborough Express (IBX), I cheered a little. Finally, a transit project that isn’t centered around Manhattan. The IBX will connect Brooklyn and Queens along an existing freight rail corridor, creating a much-needed link for…
Why is housing in the U.S., especially near job centers on the East and West coasts, so expensive? There’s a laundry list of culprits, and depending on somebody’s expertise or ideology, you’ll hear different ones. But one that I think…
For years now, I have been talking about and debating congestion pricing in New York. I have a master article on all its pros and cons here. A year into the program, most environmental and urbanism groups are calling it…