Alternate Routes
A new guidebook locates residents’ struggles to make and remake New York City in the image of their own needs and desires.
Introducing the Inaugural Cohort of New City Critics
Meet the 2022 fellows in a program to empower new and diverse voices to challenge the ways we understand, design, and develop our cities.
We’re Hiring!
Urban Omnibus seeks a Managing Editor in a full-time position beginning summer 2022.
Arch-Conservative
Vito Battista’s journey from public architecture to right-wing politics is an echo of New York’s own cyclical, reactionary tides — and a reminder of how closely the city's politics are tied to the fate of its urban fabric.
Tall Order
LinkNYC failed to deliver on its promise of “bridging the digital divide.” Now, the streetside Wi-Fi kiosks are about to be souped up and supersized as 5G-transmitting towers. But is there any guarantee that New York’s under-resourced populations won’t get left behind, again?
New Jersey’s thickly settled geography provides a guide to divining the metropolis of the future.
Traffic Patterns
