Climate Corridors, 2024 – ongoing

This research and related seminar at Columbia University GSAPP explores the typology of the arterial street as an opportunity for transformative climate action. Arterial streets are long and wide roads that carry large amounts of vehicular traffic through neighborhoods. In New York City, large urban arterials are the site of 60% of all traffic fatalities. Arterials like Northern Boulevard in Queens, Boston Road in the Bronx or Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn are examples of roads with a long history as travel corridors and truck routes. They serve a transient population traveling “through” while imposing health risks and environmental harm on directly adjacent communities. On average, more than 80% of the public right-of-way is dedicated to vehicles, while fewer than 40% of residents in adjacent neighborhoods own cars.

Events and Outcomes

December 6, 2024 Designing Climate Corridors: Re-envisioning Urban Arterials in New York City, Panel discussion at the Center for Architecture, New York

Phyto Corridors, residency project at Swale House in 2024 explored the soil health of the existing landscape along Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn – a major urban arterial street.