Jamaica Bay Update
What’s going on in Jamaica Bay? Experts weigh in.
Video: Jan Gehl on cities
Jan Gehl speaks on the importance of understanding the function of cities, and how to improve them.
New York, Recycling Reprobate, Aims to Do Better
As NYC recycling rate slumps, officialls look to cities like Seoul for possible solutions. Source: green.blogs.nytimes.com
Planning Experts Call for an Overhaul of NYC Zoning Rules
Zoning rules dictate the use of buildings and land inside a city. Planning experts present ideas on how to overhaul NYC rules to make them more efficient. Source: www.streetsblog.org, via City Atlas
Video: Cities of the Future
How will cities improve in the future? CEOs for Cities partners give their thoughts on the issue. Source: www.ceosforcities.org
New York City Bike Share Timeline
Listing of upcoming events for community participation in DOT’s New York City Bike Share program.Source: a841-tfpweb.nyc.gov, via City Atlas
Behind the Power Grid, Humans With High-Stakes Jobs
In anonymous buildings, the control rooms for the nation’s electricity grid are staffed by operators whose split-second decisions keep the power humming.Source: www.nytimes.com, via City Atlas
Weprin Survey Finds 61 Percent Like Bike Lanes, Even in Eastern Queens
Several surveys this year by top polling organizations have found citywide support for bike lanes. And in Park Slope and the Upper West Side, questionnaires put out by local elected officials have shown consistent neighborhood-level approval for new bi…
The Only Hope for Reducing Traffic – Commute
Study pins traffic reduction to congestion pricing. Would it work in NYC if it was proposed again?Source: www.theatlanticcities.com, via City Atlas
A Block Party Without a Block: A Community Survives Long After Its Homes Are Razed
Touching story of the resilience of a community that faced displacement from one of the first urban renewal projects in NYC over 60 years ago.Source: www.thirteen.org, via City Atlas
Occupy Wall Street Movement Energizes Climate Protesters, But Also Highlights Contradictions
“Occupy” protests in cities around the country are increasingly featuring environmental themes, particularly climate change. Protesters contend that inaction on climate change only benefits the top 1%, while hurting the other 99%.Source: t…
Evolutions in Sustainable Investing — Book Review from dMASS
Can capitalism be harnessed to make sustainable investments? This book investigates strategies.Source: www.dmass.net, via City Atlas
CityBench – The New New York City Bench
Designer of NYC’s new city bench explains why it’s so great.Source: www.youtube.com, via City Atlas
On Recycling, N.Y.C. Goes From Leader to Laggard
This article explores the frustrations of not being able to recycle many items in New York City.Source: www.nytimes.com, via City Atlas
New York City Native Plant Center’s Seed Is for the Future
The Greenbelt Native Plant Center on Staten Island safeguards local species of plants, and Ed Toth is its own Johnny Appleseed.Source: www.nytimes.com, via City Atlas
A Diverse New York City? In Some Ways, Anything But
Critical look at diversity and lack of diversity in New York City. Source: www.nytimes.com, via City Atlas
Statue Of Liberty Getting Webcams For Her 125th Birthday
As part of the statue’s 125th anniversary celebration on Friday five 24/7 webcams will be going live from atop Lady Liberty’s torch—a place which has been inaccessible to the public since 1916.Source: gothamist.com, via City Atlas
Supply Chain Spotlight: Freight Rail
Many heralded the opening of the High Line for its innovative reclaiming of a disused freight rail line as a public, open space. Its abandonment was due, in part, to the rise of interstate trucking since the 1950s, along with changes to the economic ge…