Case studies

Real places and the public record, read on a live model of the city. Each study is written up in full, with the model behind it.

  1. New York City · · 3 min readEvery train, right now.Every train in service on New York’s subway, placed along its line from the MTA’s live arrival predictions and moving as they do. It’s the network the city’s new housing targets lean on, and the kind of live public data we put on a model of the city.Read the study
  2. New York City · · 6 min readTen times the pace.New York has set a housing target for every community district for the first time: 350,000 new homes by 2030. The 12 districts on the Affordable Housing Fast Track added 4.4 percent of the city’s new homes over the last five years. They carry 21.6 percent of the targets, about ten times the pace they have been building at.Read the study
  3. New York City · · 6 min readTwelve districts, one fast track.From January 1, 2027, rezonings for housing in 12 New York City community districts get a 90-day review, and the City Planning Commission casts the final vote. We put all 12 on a 3D model of the city, with the 1,978 vacant lots and parking lots inside them.Read the study

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