Telling the Story of Cities
by Bibiana Guerra Much is said about quantitative deficits and little about qualitative ones. It is true, quantities matter and are crucial to meet the needs of housing, infrastructure, and public space, among other topics. However, the coverage of this equipment has already reached very high figures that now the concern has turned towards its… Read more Tactical Urbanism
by Katherine Rivard “Time is money” does not ring true for plenty of people. More apt nowadays would be the aphorism “Space is money,” at least in NYC. A small, one-bedroom apartment in SoHo can cost you anywhere between $1600 and $6000 a month, and even a 4’x4’ storage unit on West 55th Street will… Read more Let’s Copy the Canadians
by Samantha Sánchez President Biden has recently proposed a $2 trillion plan to rebuild infrastructure and reshape the economy in a post-COVID-19 world. The plan includes rebuilding 20,000 miles of roads, repairs to 10 of the most critical and largest bridges in the country, the nationwide removal of lead pipes, and more. More importantly, Biden… Read more Nothing About Us, Without Us – Addressing the Diversity of Planners in Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
by Benjamin Listman Over the course of the COVID pandemic, frontline workers–nurses, doctors, grocery store clerks, waitstaff–garnered the nation’s respect and gratitude to help the rest of us stay safe at home. Although eating establishments eventually reopened across the country, indenser cities like New York, there was a boom in demand for food delivery, highlighting… Read more Delivering Results: Better Data Through Collective Ownership
by Charley Cohen A city for the people, by the people, but actually for automobiles? The streets of our great city are dominated by cars and trucks, and pedestrians are forced onto small and crowded sidewalks. Shouldn’t our city be more accessible and useable for… people? Cities, by their economic definition, are the clustering of… Read more “We Give the City Back to You, The People:” A Human Capital Argument for Congestion Pricing & Permanent Open Streets