Spatial Equity 2024: A Profoundly Unequal New York
Spatial Equity 2024: A Profoundly Unequal New York
By examining how New York City devotes the majority of its public space to cars rather than people, TA reveals profound inequities built into the streetscape.
Published February 27, 2024
Spatial Equity NYC — a groundbreaking data platform created by Transportation Alternatives (TA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — has been updated for 2024 with crucial new data layers and the ability to rank across State Senate and Assembly Districts, in addition to City Council districts and community boards. New layers include floodplains, sidewalk space, child asthma ER visits, serious traffic injuries, and pedestrian plazas as well as additional demographic data and map details.
By examining how New York City devotes the majority of its public space to cars rather than people, TA reveals profound inequities built into the streetscape. Simply put, public space — including streets, sidewalks, and green spaces — is restricted, used, and made unusable in a way that leads to different outcomes for different communities.