New York City

An additional benefit of the 14th Street Busway project in Manhattan has emerged: greatly reduced traffic collision rates.

February 23, 2020 - StreetsBlog NYC

In Manhattan, a contentious debate has been brewing over on-street parking and how that space could be used for something other than storing cars.

February 19, 2020 - Gothamist

According to this article in the New York Times, the days of development interests dominating the planning process in New York City are over.

February 11, 2020 - The New York Times

The success of the busway project could point to a longer-term shift away from planning and design strategies that favor cars.

February 9, 2020 - Curbed

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau showed New York with an estimated population of 19.5 million people as of July 1, 2019, making it the fourth largest state in the country, but also showed that New York’s population dropped.

February 4, 2020 - New York State Senate

There have been many attempts to redesign Penn Station, but not all of them were created equal.

February 2, 2020 - New York

Residents are arguing that a Williamsburg development would negatively affect the neighborhood. But it’s a grassroots effort to protect the status quo in a neighborhood where gentrification benefited them.

January 30, 2020 - New York Post

If passed, a new law would require homeless shelter developments in New York City to undergo the full Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

January 29, 2020 - Staten Island Advance

A recent study claiming that transportation costs in Houston, among other expenses, raise the cost of living almost to the same level as living in New York City. Some took exception to the study's methodology.

January 29, 2020 - E21

Andy Byford has resigned as president of the New York City Transit Authority, after building a track record that includes ridership and service improvements on the troubled MTA subway system.

January 23, 2020 - Politico

The Brooklyn-Queens Connector, known as the BQX streetcar, was spotted making plans on the Internet earlier this month.

January 23, 2020 - The Architect's Newspaper

The "Miracle on 14th Street" continues.

January 22, 2020 - AM New York

The extra costs of automobile dependency turn assumptions about affordability on their head, according to a recently published report by the Citizens Budget Commission.

January 21, 2020 - Texas Monthly

The growth in transit rips in the United States over the course of the second and third quarters of 2019 can be traced to growth in two key cities.

January 21, 2020 - CityLab

This performance ranking separates the fakers from the legit operation to reduce carbon emissions from transportation.

January 21, 2020 - Streetlight Data

There's no draft rezoning plan for SoHo yet, but there's plenty of controversy.

January 21, 2020 - Gothamist

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expressed disappointment with a plan to build an AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport in a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration.

January 20, 2020 - Crain's New York Business

The city had ambitious goals to reduce waste, but millions of tons of garbage are still sent to communities around the country each year.

January 9, 2020 - Politico

Next City's Jared Brey reviews a year of developments in housing politics and policy, teasing out several big trends.

January 8, 2020 - Next City

A new plan to add significant space for new tracks and platforms at Penn Station would require demolishing a whole city block in Manhattan.

January 7, 2020 - The New York Times