New York CIty is known as one of the rattiest cities in America with some estimating close to two million rodents roam its streets. Providing look at how New York City manages it's rodent population.
What started as a small fleet of cars nearly 100 years ago, has turned into a bustling system of thousands of yellow taxi cabs. But now the threat of ride-share apps and city scandal has left cab drivers in thousands of dollars of debt.
Many things come to mind when thinking about New York City, but how the city deals with its garbage is usually not one of them. A look at how New Yorkers deal with over 14 million tons of trash each year.
Underneath the ground of New York's fabled streets exists a vast network of pipes that make up the city's sewer system. New Yorkers create, on average, 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day that makes its way through these 7,500 miles of pipes.
Many don't know it, but New York is a city that runs on steam 27 billion pounds of it per year, in fact. It's one of the few cities that relies on the old, but reliable, technology to heat some of its most famous buildings.
The Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge are engineering marvels that have helped set the tone for how bridges around the world are designed. A look at how New York builds and maintains its aging bridges.