Who built the Cross Bronx? In the history of an ambivalent icon, the answer is as complicated as the highway interchanges.

“The Cross Bronx is the catalyst for the Bronx history that drives my work as a documentarian of community. It’s this dichotomy of, ‘I wish this was never here,’ and ‘I would miss it if it went away.’”

Shared e-scooter services around the city's edges are a first step in the long road to micromobility.

More than just red paint and white text, political maneuvers and enforcement strategies are key elements in the design of the city’s bus lanes.

In the Bronx, a parks steward and activist takes on the campaign of a lifetime.

A neighborhood advocate marshals data and organizes neighbors to make congested Midtown streets safe for pedestrians.

Where demand is high and private infrastructure is scarce, the city seeks to squeeze in streetside charging for electric cars.

A pedestrian plaza in Queens is widely celebrated for its worldliness. But beneath a colorful surface are more radical lessons in coexistence.

Getting to the bottom of a mysterious streak of purple cropping up along Manhattan’s eastern edge.

The city that never sleeps depends on 396,572 street lights. As bright white LEDs replace the familiar amber glow, what does tomorrow (night) hold?