Mobility

It is time cities consider a range of criteria - user equity, economic viability, and health – and light in nighttime design and planning initiatives.

By combining a new approach to vertical manufacturing and integrating valuable public space and amenities, multi-modal transit and streetscapes, the Brooklyn Navy Yard is positioned to become a new model of urban industrial campus.

We are pleased to publish our second class of Forefront Fellows' original design and policy proposals to empower emerging and historic immigrant neighborhoods in New York City.

Instead of asking what kind of future transportation technology will bring us, we should ask: what kind of city do we want?

Our historic subway stations are our most used public spaces in the city. We should partner with the private sector to give our stations the innovation and investment they need to thrive.

Electric and driverless cars are on the way-it's time to rethink our gas stations as new civic space.

Penn Station is a symbol of our city, yet now stands a neglected opportunity. It should be a shared civic space for us all!

We no longer need Broadway as a street. We should transform it into a linear park—a Green Line running through midtown Manhattan.

The Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook is notoriously difficult to access via public transit. Let’s explore new digital approaches to make the area’s transportation options visible to those who need them.

St. Nicholas Avenue today is a largely unnecessary traffic corridor. Imagine it as a 3/4-mile long park running through Upper Manhattan: Harlem Lane reborn.

Traditional green infrastructure hides the runoff it manages. Imagine if we celebrated our storm-water by growing the future of our streetscape!

The Broadway Malls could become a significant green corridor, integrating cutting-edge technology to provide a safe route for pedestrians, cyclists, and local wildlife.

Let’s expand the idea of the ‘street tree’ into a ‘street of trees’ to create a forest expressway.

The Brooklyn Strand should be a new gateway to the borough, connecting the waterfront with a series of parks, plazas, and greenways that will animate the thriving heart of Downtown Brooklyn!

We call for a (re) conceptualization of Complete Streets that humanizes “users” by acknowledging their difference and diversity.