Streets will have to evolve, again.
Justin Davidson waxes poetic about the importance of streets to the city of New York:
The most essential designed component of New York is not a skyscraper or a station, but the street. That basic workhorse of public space carries people, freight, and vehicles on its surface; water, sewage, power, gas, steam, and data below. It is a complex but archaic machine — improvised, mistreated, and endlessly patched up. It needs an overhaul, and it needs one now.
This long-read article riffs on numerous themes to make one simple case: the street needs a new set of decisions and designs. "The street of the future should look nothing like today’s." Davidson's rhetorical flourishes are set in the context of New York, but the ideas apply to cities everywhere.
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Anatomy of an Unsafe Crosswalk
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NYC Congestion Pricing Under Threat — Again
President Trump is attempting to make good on a campaign promise to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, but the mechanism for ending it remains unclear.
US Street Design Manual Inches Toward Safer Roads
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National Parks Layoffs Will Cause Communities to Lose Billions
Thousands of essential park workers were laid off this week, just before the busy spring break season.
Retro-silient?: America’s First “Eco-burb,” The Woodlands Turns 50
A master-planned community north of Houston offers lessons on green infrastructure and resilient design, but falls short of its founder’s lofty affordability and walkability goals.
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