Telling the Story of Cities
By: Joshua Crespo, MUP, ’21 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s comprehensive strategy to address street homelessness — called the Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement Street Action Teams (HOME-STAT) — is advertised as “the most comprehensive street homeless outreach effort in any U.S. city.” Nearly 400 HOME-STAT canvassers engage with homeless individuals across the… Read more The Urgency of Now: Addressing Homelessness in NYC
By Lauren Roland, MUP ’21 In September 2018, the average bus ride between third and ninth avenues was 15 minutes. After NYC Department of Transportation rolled out the 14th street busway, the average bus ride is now 10 minutes between those avenues. Ridership has increased from 26,000 daily riders in September 2018 to 31,000 daily… Read more Dreaming of a Car-free City
Each Friday, the Wagner Planner editorial board will publish a news roundup of recent planning news. Topics range the gamut of urban planning concentrations, but will mostly be at the discretion of the editors. Brendan’s Picks Nairobi Should Rethink Its Colonialist Approach to Urban Design “The apartheid on the roads is also replicated in policy:… Read more What We’re Reading (11/15)
By Katherine Rivard, MUP ’21 Imagine a stereotypical American middle-class household in the 1950s: a father, mother, and a couple kids. The father goes to work each day to “take care of business” while the mother remains busy cleaning, cooking, and maintaining the household. Luckily, the mothers don’t go at it alone. They have other… Read more Recognizing the Global Power of Cities
Each Friday, the Wagner Planner editorial board will publish a news roundup of recent planning news. Topics range the gamut of urban planning concentrations, but will mostly be at the discretion of the editors. Brendan’s Picks The Hyperloop and the Self-Driving Car Are Not the Future of Transportation The tools we need to change transportation… Read more What We’re Reading (11/8)