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Proximity indicators

How close people live to important resources, like transit, schools, or clinics, affects their ability to use them. So, we’ve calculated a series of …

Initial data from Congestion Relief Tolling

In January 2025, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridge and Tunnels (MTABT) started charging a toll for vehicles entering Manhattan’s …

Public transit creates health

New York City’s public transit system has gotten New Yorkers where they need to go and home again for over a century. For our public transit system to …

A walk through history

A neighborhood is not only shaped by its residents, but also by governmental practices and policies. Some of these have discriminated against …

How power outages affect health

Since we published this data story, some data in it have been updated. Get updated data on: Economic conditions Imagine your child has asthma. One …

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 …

Environments matter: the road to street safety in NYC

Since we published this data story, some data in it have been updated. Get updated data on: Transportation-related injuries The COVID-19 public …