TOPIC
Accessibility
Uber 911
With the exorbitant costs of healthcare, untrained rideshare drivers are increasingly forced to take on the role of emergency medical professionals.
Desire Paths
During a three-month experiment, a critic forgoes algorithmically determined pathways through the city by courting and cataloging her chance encounters with strangers.
Safer Spaces
With the new mayor promising to deliver “community safety,” one well-established city program charts a path through new public spaces and long-needed repairs at the city’s most under-resourced NYCHA developments.
A Tentative Rollout
Shared e-scooter services around the city's edges are a first step in the long road to micromobility.
Love and Longing in Paratransit
The largest transportation system in the country for people with disabilities, New York City's unreliable Access-A-Ride also brings unexpected social connections.
Bus Time
Slow moving and overstuffed, the public bus is also a space of communion, curiosity, and solidarity for residents on the city's margins.
Why Aren't All Playgrounds For All Children?
Forty years after its inauguration, there is still much to learn from a mold-breaking NYC playground that provided space for disabled kids to play alongside their non-disabled peers.
All-Access Art
What makes an inclusive museum? Art institutions are reassessing their buildings and their budgets to meet the moment.
This Old House
New York City is responsible for the care of 23 centuries-old farmsteads and mansions. What do these historic properties owe present day New Yorkers?