New York City

NY's Dept. of Transportation has released pictures of a planned separated bus route on 34th St., which would be a first for the city.

March 2, 2010 - Streetsblog

Pedestrianized area's in Manhattan's Herald Square and Times Square will remain permanently closed to auto traffic.

February 11, 2010 - Crain's New York Business

GOOD takes a look at five of the nation's biggest public transit systems and compares their ridership, average speeds, and average miles per trip.

February 4, 2010 - Good

This piece from Next American City looks at health in New York City, and why the city's new health commissioner is looking at elevators, escalators and other subtleties of the built environment.

February 1, 2010 - Next American City

With a rapidly growing urban core and a slew of skyscrapers, Shanghai today is what New York was to the world in the 1930s, according to this piece.

January 27, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal

More than two years years ago I chronicled my daily bicycle commute in Miami. The 8-mile trip was as representative of Miami's built and socio-cultural landscape as it was harrowing. While that city has surely made progress in the pas two years, I'd be lying if I didn't disclose that I partially moved to New York City because of the progress being made in designing livable streets infrastructure. Quite simply, it feels good to be in a city that "gets it." 

January 18, 2010 - Mike Lydon

Once the Capital of Black America, Harlem is undergoing a population shift that is taking blacks out of the majority.

January 7, 2010 - The New York Times

Mayor Bloomberg has joined an elite group of NYC members serving three terms. In this editorial, the Times suggests key planning and environmental issues that he should address if he is to make that term successful.

January 5, 2010 - The New York Times - Opinion

For 21 years this urban St. Nick has been delighting visitors to the South Street Seaport in New York.

December 25, 2009 - The New York Times

These two posts from BLDGBLOG look at an innovative project that visually explains the convoluted policies and rules of New York City tenant rights and street vending regulations.

December 20, 2009 - BLDGBLOG

The New York City Council has passed a suite of bills hat require green retrofits on the city's buildings.

December 14, 2009 - The Architect's Newspaper

The steam rising from New York City streets in the winter offers a lesson about urban infrastructure, according to this explainer form Urban Omnibus.

December 11, 2009 - Urban Omnibus

The New York City Housing Authority has come under fire because thousands of affordable rental units are sitting vacant, some for years at a time.

December 10, 2009 - The New York Times

For a myriad of personal and professional reasons I moved to New York City this fall. Part of the reason I uprooted myself from the pastel, sun soaked streets of Miami Beach to the chaos of New York is because Gotham has made such incredible strides in becoming one of America's most bicycle-friendly cities. 

December 9, 2009 - Mike Lydon

Columbia's plans to use eminent domain to expand its campus may have to wait. On Thursday, an appellate court reversed a previous decision to take property on behalf of the school.

December 5, 2009 - The New York Times

On Thanksgiving, the NYPD effectively turned West 61st street into a private playground for guests of the Trump Tower.

December 4, 2009 - The New York Times

Calling it redundant, NYC's DOT has chosen to sandblast 14 blocks of a Bedford Avenue bike lane away.

December 2, 2009 - Streetsblog New York City

Public housing projects have been a thorn in the paw of New York City for years. The city is trying to figure out what to do with the perennially problem-plagued housing projects. Some groups say redevelopment is the answer.

November 27, 2009 - City Limits

UCLA's cityLAB sponsored a competition to envision new ways public works projects could be used to improve the country's infrastructure. The winning idea: algae-based urban parks connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn.

November 17, 2009 - Fast Company

Recently the NYC Planning Dept. announced its 100th rezoning since Bloomberg took office. This article takes a spin through the city's remarkable shift in the last 50 years away from industry to business and tourism and a sustainable approach.

November 16, 2009 - New York Observer