Urban Planning
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‘A City is a Series of Choices Over Time’: Roman Mars Reveals the Secret Histories That Shape Our Streets
December 11, 2020
Starchitect David Rockwell Sketches Out New York’s Parking-Free Future
Out of the blue, the famed architect sent over his latest vision: to transform New York City's streets by removing parking ... and opening up possibilities.
November 20, 2020
Worst Practices: How Urban Planning Fails Vision Zero
October 14, 2020
Op-Ed: ‘Open Streets’ Must Lead to Permanent Changes in Our City
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Instead of going back to the old New York, choked with pollution and cars that don't move, we can decide what kind of city we want. Change the streets and change the city.
May 4, 2020
Op-Ed: Dear Gov. Cuomo, The Problem Is Crowding, Not ‘Density’!
The coronavirus crisis show why New York's leader must move forcefully to create more space for people, a prominent urbanist argues.
April 6, 2020
Op-Ed: Fordham Road is the Busway We Need Next
In the city's third-largest shopping district, buses crawl, drivers kill and fumes endanger people and the environment. Time for a new busway.
November 5, 2019
LEGAL EASE: How NIMBYs Use ‘Environmental Review’ to Stop Green Projects
The CPW and 14th lawsuits aim to vex, trouble, and delay traffic improvements. How we can stop them?
August 16, 2019
New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation
Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.
July 5, 2019
$ix Questions About the Massive Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Plan$
Question 1: Isn't there a better use for $4 billion than to enshrine one of Robert Moses's most disastrous legacies?
April 8, 2019
Northern Boulevard Changes Are Needed Now, Says CM Jimmy Van Bramer (And No Other Pols)
Activists offer many possible solutions, begging the city to act boldly.
September 10, 2018
