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  1. getting around
    Licensing E-Bikes Won’t Make the Sidewalks Safer“Every few years it’s the same neighborhoods asking the city to go after the same group of people.”
    By Clio Chang
  2. getting around
    Someone Broke Moynihan Train Hall’s Skylights — From the OutsideThe indoor scaffolding is just a precaution while the glass is replaced.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  3. environment
    Scenes From a Flooded New York Subway evacuations, school day chaos, a missing mayor, and at least one fugitive sea lion.
    By Curbed Staff
  4. neighborhood news
    4 Precarious Plots on Fifth AvenueA construction project has become a nightmare for the neighbors.
    By Kim Velsey
  5. city people
    What Dan Doctoroff BuiltUnder Mayor Bloomberg, the power broker remade the city with astonishing speed. Now, as New York is again mired in crisis, he faces his own.
    By Justin Davidson
  6. getting around
    So Is the BQE Going to Collapse?Talking to the former chief engineer of the DOT about highway nightmare scenarios and the long, long road to a real fix.
    By Clio Chang
  7. getting around
    New Subway and Rail Tunnels Are Coming! Eventually.Maybe in 2035. Or later.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  8. infrastructure
    Heavier Vehicles in Aging Parking Garages Are a Recipe for DisasterAn engineer sees the risk of more collapses like the one on Ann Street.
    By Alissa Walker
  9. infrastructure
    Everything We Know About the Ann Street Building CollapseOne person is dead, five more injured.
    By Curbed Staff
  10. urbanism
    The Smart Bin Is Designed to Make You ThinkThe bright-orange compost bins are supposed to keep you from mindlessly throwing a trashed umbrella in with the eggshells.
    By Diana Budds
  11. getting around
    The La Guardia AirTrain Is Dead. Now What?It’s a bus lane to the airport for now, and maybe a hard-to-build subway extension in the far, far future.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  12. infrastructure
    Mississippi’s Largest City Doesn’t Have Enough WaterJackson’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
  13. getting around
    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
  14. getting around
    E-Bike Batteries Are Setting a Record-breaking Number of Fires Every YearAnd delivery workers are demanding that the city build safe charging stations.
    By Wilfred Chan
  15. remembrance
    Richard Rogers Never Shied Away From Showing Us the Guts of ArchitectureUnlike his peers, the British architect never diluted the terror and thrill of modern technology and infrastructure.
    By Kate Wagner
  16. infrastructure
    Climate Change Is Putting More Poop in New York’s WatersA crappy side effect of all this rain.
    By Lauren Vespoli
  17. street view
    To Stop Flooding, New York Needs Spongy StreetsThe city does the equivalent of mopping up an overflowing toilet with a rock. We have alternatives, and should use them.
    By Justin Davidson
  18. climate change
    New Orleans’s Levees Held Up This Time — But That’s Not EnoughNo matter how tall you build a wall, a flood can go higher.
    By Jake Bittle
  19. andrew cuomo resignation
    We Just Got a Reprieve From Cuomo’s Worst Transit IdeasSo we might not get stuck with that LGA AirTrain anymore.
    By Alissa Walker
  20. infrastructure watch
    The BQE Is Still Falling Apart, and There’s No Real Plan to Fix ItThe outlook is grim for the expressway, but only stopgap measures are underway.
    By Christopher Robbins
  21. design edit
    A Glacial Chair, 1,000 Design Patents, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus an intersection specifically designed for pedestrians and cyclists
    By Diana Budds
  22. gulp
    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
  23. boring news
    Elon Musk’s Plan to Dig Car Tunnels Under Miami Is Filled With HolesIt’s the sinkhole capital of the United States, to start.
    By Alissa Walker
  24. infrastructure
    Biden Declares the Border Wall Dead on His First DayAnd not a moment too soon.
    By Willy Blackmore
  25. infrastructure
    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
  26. street view
    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
  27. this may help
    Your Anti-Anxiety Recommendation Today Is Watching a Guy Unclog Storm DrainsFeel your agitation disappear down the pipes.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  28. street view
    How Joe Biden Can Be the Amtrak President New York NeedsStart with a new Hudson River tunnel and build from there.
    By Justin Davidson
  29. this really happened
    Your Latest Nightmare: How Does a Sidewalk Just Collapse and Swallow a Guy Up?Oh, great.
    By Jack Denton