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New York has a massive opportunity to coordinate building new public facilities like libraries with thousands of housing units. New Utrecht is just the start…
New York City just reported its lowest murder rate in recorded history www.amny.com/news/may-202...
DUSP alumni representing!
New York City needs more homes.
The city & its agencies have a big opportunity: Leveraging redevelopment of aging libraries, police stations, fire stations, & schools to create new public facilities… & apartments on top!
In @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social, I explore: www.vitalcitynyc.org/nyc-joint-de...
New York City needs more homes.
The city & its agencies have a big opportunity: Leveraging redevelopment of aging libraries, police stations, fire stations, & schools to create new public facilities… & apartments on top!
In @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social, I explore: www.vitalcitynyc.org/nyc-joint-de...
In total transit ridership per capita, the highest ranked large urban areas are:
1—NYC
2—SF
3—DC
4—Boston
5—Seattle
6—Chicago
7—Philly
8—LA
9—Portland
10—Salt Lake
www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...
TIL there is a brand new $4.5 billion bridge between Detroit and Windsor sitting unused because it has gotten caught up in Trump's petulant trade fight with Canada prospect.org/2026/06/08/g...
Monday's Most Read # 1 - Transit-Oriented Development Can Help Cities Grow. Which Urban Areas Are Doing Best? link.theoverheadwire.com/j8nrc Urban Institute @yonahfreemark.com
"...income group stratification sharpened post-pandemic. By 2024, low-income renters, on average, spent 57.6% of their income on rent, as nominal incomes at the lower end of the wage distribution struggled to keep pace with rising rental rates."
www.chandan.com/post/the-k-s...
Will the trade war leave a new bridge just sitting over an international waterway?
Most large urban areas throughout the US have increased their housing supply near transit over the past four decades, encouraging more residents to live in n…
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin claims Mamdani is "absolutely destroying a great city"
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New Yorkers need affordable homes. New Yorkers need great public libraries.
So we're building both.
Today, we took the next step toward creating a brand-new library and more than 200 affordable homes at the New Utrecht Library site in Brooklyn. Because public land should serve the public.
Aaron Rupar
I'm catching plenty of reader comments that say "What about New York?" "What about Chicago and Washington, D.C.?" A little known subtlety, found in the National Transit Database, tells us that metro Seattle transit use is slightly more per capita than Chicago, and similar totals to Philly.
