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?

There are hundreds of miles of space beneath the city’s elevated transportation infrastructure, much of it underutilized and uninviting. Here, a team of designers and planners discuss a two-year study investigating creative yet practical ways to enliven and expand access to these corridors of public space.

Laura Hansen explains how the Neighborhood Plaza Partnership supports the local non-profits that operate the city’s newest plazas and asks how much we should, and can, rely on private support for maintaining our public realm.

Jim Lau shares the landscape architecture work of the New York State Department of Transportation, including a skatepark under the BQE, a waterfront park in Inwood, and an extensive greenway along the Bronx River.