City Planning

Volunteers sort piles of donated clothing at a community center

The Great Debate

The Nonprofit Model of Social Service Delivery Makes Sense for New York

Jessica Katz Mar. 03 2025

A pile of broken car taillights and side mirrors

City Planning

Why Trump’s Attempt to Kill Congestion Pricing Must Fail

Eric A. Goldstein Feb. 27 2025

A yellow taxi speeds past, seen through a chain-link fence

City Planning

Congestion Pricing to the Rescue

Carl Weisbrod Feb. 27 2025

A utility worker reads a newspaper beside a street excavation

The Upside — Yes, Really

When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease

Edward Glaeser Feb. 10 2025

A wide shot of people sitting at tables in Bryant Park on a spring day with a manicured bed of pink flowers in the foreground of the image

data

Jane Jacobs 2.0: Training AI to Make Cities More Humane

Edward Glaeser, Carlo Ratti Jan. 30 2025

A man on a bicycle silhouetted against a distant wildfire at night

culture

The Fires This Time

Vishaan Chakrabarti Jan. 14 2025

Taxi driver Wain Chin holds a receipt with a $2.50 congestion surcharge in Manhattan on the first day of New York City's congestion pricing

City Planning

How Will Congestion Pricing Actually Work?

Jamie Rubin Jan. 08 2025

An aerial view of gridlocked taxis and cars on a city street

City Planning

Congestion Pricing’s Belated Lesson

Robert Polner, Michael Tubridy Jan. 04 2025

PAU rendering of Penn Station

culture

Urbane Means Humane

Thomas de Monchaux Oct. 17 2024

Three men enter subway turnstiles, one jumping over the barrier

Solutions for Today and Tomorrow

How Should We Pay for Transportation?

Zakhary Mallett Oct. 02 2024

Woman riding the subway with closed eyes, a subway map behind her

Dreams of the Future

What the System Could Become: A 2125 Map

Jake Berman Oct. 02 2024

A woman’s legs and heels stand on a striped subway platform

Dreams of the Future

The Platforms We Deserve

Claire Weisz, Bahij Chancey, David Vega-Barachowitz Oct. 02 2024

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