New York City’s Worst Highways Can Lead Somewhere Better

January 21, 2026
The expressways that Robert Moses carved into the city helped inspire the entire American highway system. Now they can be models for community-led reform. 

India Basin: If the Big Five of Bayview Could See It Now, Part 2

March 10, 2024
Like their trailblazing predecessors, a new cadre of leaders won't rest until racial equality and economic justice deliver decent housing, education, job opportunities, and a healthy environment for this community.

India Basin: If the Big Five of Bayview Could See It Now, Part 1

Feburary 15, 2024
As India Basin Waterfront Park takes shape, Trust for Public Land is honoring the history and legacy of women who fought for justice here.

Share the Road

January 29, 2024
Op-ed: Shared mobility is the future of city streets. Here’s how to do it right.

Queens’ 34th Avenue Shows What Open Streets Can Do For People

April 14, 2023
Op-Ed. “The 34th Avenue Open Street shows how urban roads can be repurposed to make a more livable city. Even more, it is an example of how communities must lead these efforts so that streets reflect a common vision for what communities care about.”

In NYC, Oyster Gardens are Inspiring Residents to Reimagine the Harbor Estuary

February 21, 2023
'The biggest realization for a lot of people is that there is life in New York’s Harbor.'

Resilience Matters

2023
Contributors to the Island Press Short-form Program captured this hopeful, life-affirming work through a series of articles, op-eds, interviews, and other short-form writing that have now been collected in the latest edition of our e-book series Resilience Matters, available below at no cost thanks to our grant support from The Kresge Foundation and The JPB Foundation.

Vote For A Better San Francisco

Nov 7, 2022
Op-ed: The future of San Francisco's car-free streets

Ditch Cars for Open – and Equal – Streets

April 19, 2022
Car-centric streets are dangerous and perpetuate inequity, but the pandemic has pointed us to ways we can better use our public spaces.

From the Ground Up

2022
Named one of the best books of 2022 by the American Society of Landscape Architects and Planetizen