Public space, active design, and transportation
Physical activity and healthy eating rank among the leading ways to get and stay healthy.
Active design is an applied, evidence-informed approach to improve physical, mental and social health outcomes through the design of the built environment. Active design leverages the expertise of architects, planners, developers, community members, designers, and other stakeholders.
Designing to increase access to high quality parks, pedestrian plazas, sidewalks, quiet spaces, trees and other greenery, secure bicycle storage, gathering spaces, and stairways can have a measurable effect on people’s ability to safely maintain their physical, mental, and social health.
Beach Water Quality
Data about current water quality conditions and sources of pollution that affect water quality.
In January 2025, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridge and Tunnels (MTABT) started charging a toll for …
New York City’s public transit system has gotten New Yorkers where they need to go and home again for over a …
Health is determined by many factors. People tend to be healthier when they have economic stability, live in …
New York City’s modern history of public health starts in the 1600s with the Bureau of Sanitary Inspections, and …
A neighborhood is not only shaped by its residents, but also by governmental practices and policies. Some of these …
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