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Infrastructure
infrastructure
Aug. 30, 2022
Mississippi’s Largest City Doesn’t Have Enough Water
Jackson’s long-plagued water system has effectively collapsed, leaving the more than 150,000 residents of the majority Black city in crisis.
By
Chas Danner
getting around
July 9, 2022
NYCHA Delays E-Bike Ban As Delivery Workers Push Back
“You are forcing them to choose between their work and their home.”
By
Wilfred Chan
getting around
Jan. 25, 2022
E-Bike Batteries Are Setting a Record-breaking Number of Fires Every Year
And delivery workers are demanding that the city build safe charging stations.
By
Wilfred Chan
remembrance
Dec. 22, 2021
Richard Rogers Never Shied Away From Showing Us the Guts of Architecture
Unlike his peers, the British architect never diluted the terror and thrill of modern technology and infrastructure.
By
Kate Wagner
infrastructure
Sept. 17, 2021
Climate Change Is Putting More Poop in New York’s Waters
A crappy side effect of all this rain.
By
Lauren Vespoli
street view
Sept. 2, 2021
To Stop Flooding, New York Needs Spongy Streets
The city does the equivalent of mopping up an overflowing toilet with a rock. We have alternatives, and should use them.
By
Justin Davidson
climate change
Sept. 2, 2021
New Orleans’s Levees Held Up This Time — But That’s Not Enough
No matter how tall you build a wall, a flood can go higher.
By
Jake Bittle
andrew cuomo resignation
Aug. 11, 2021
We Just Got a Reprieve From Cuomo’s Worst Transit Ideas
So we might not get stuck with that LGA AirTrain anymore.
By
Alissa Walker
infrastructure watch
May 20, 2021
The BQE Is Still Falling Apart, and There’s No Real Plan to Fix It
The outlook is grim for the expressway, but only stopgap measures are underway.
By
Christopher Robbins
design edit
Apr. 30, 2021
A Glacial Chair, 1,000 Design Patents, and Other Things I Liked This Week
Plus an intersection specifically designed for pedestrians and cyclists
By
Diana Budds
gulp
Feb. 11, 2021
Could the Florida Water-Supply Hacking Happen in New York City?
Good news: There are a lot of checks and tests that go on here. But that doesn’t mean we’re careful enough.
By
Alissa Walker
boring news
Jan. 21, 2021
Elon Musk’s Plan to Dig Car Tunnels Under Miami Is Filled With Holes
It’s the sinkhole capital of the United States, to start.
By
Alissa Walker
infrastructure
Jan. 20, 2021
Biden Declares the Border Wall Dead on His First Day
And not a moment too soon.
By
Willy Blackmore
infrastructure
Jan. 20, 2021
Trump Called Himself the ‘Builder President.’ But What Did He Actually Build?
A short, grim list of projects he completed while in office.
By
Alissa Walker
street view
Dec. 30, 2020
Penn Station’s New Train Hall Is Only a Start. But at Least We’re Starting.
A grand entrance to a rail system that needs much more.
By
Justin Davidson
this may help
Nov. 4, 2020
Your Anti-Anxiety Recommendation Today Is Watching a Guy Unclog Storm Drains
Feel your agitation disappear down the pipes.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
street view
Nov. 4, 2020
How Joe Biden Can Be the Amtrak President New York Needs
Start with a new Hudson River tunnel and build from there.
By
Justin Davidson
this really happened
Oct. 29, 2020
Your Latest Nightmare: How Does a Sidewalk Just Collapse and Swallow a Guy Up?
Oh, great.
By
Jack Denton