John Surico

Streets / Space / Coffee

Hello there! As the title indicates, my name is John Surico. I think and write about our cities and how they’re changing.

As a journalist, teacher and researcher, I focus specifically on issues of mobility, sustainability and open space. My reporting can be regularly found in The New York Times, Bloomberg, New York Magazine and elsewhere. I hold an MSc in Transport & City Planning from University College London’s The Bartlett School of Planning. I teach undergraduate reporting on cities at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, my alma mater, and serve as the Senior Fellow for Climate and Opportunity at the Center for an Urban Future, a leading policy organization in New York City. I am also helping to write a book on tactical urbanism (what’s that?) with Street Plans.

I have reported from cities like Havana, Stockholm, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro (that nice place behind me) and London. But I call the borough of Queens, New York, home.

Bridging the worlds of journalism and urban planning inspired my monthly newsletter, Streetbeat. Occasionally, I try to wax poetic about other topics, like British pies and New Yorkers who adopt rats. (Ask me about that sometime.) In my personal time, I push for more livable streets where I live as the chair of the volunteer nonprofit that runs the 31st Avenue Open Street, a pop-up public space.

So, yeah, that’s me. If you want to chat about anything, email me at jsurico15 [at] gmail.com. Click on ‘Clips’ to see what I’m working on at the moment. And thanks for stopping by :)