Tao Liang is pursuing a Master of Transportation Planning and Engineering degree at NYU. Before graduate school, he worked as an architect in China for three years. His research interest is urban data analysis, using data augmented approaches to identify city problems and optimize design solutions. Tao will be an integral staff member responsible for researching and completing a project entitled “Infrastructure is Public Space: Building Healthy, Resilient and Sustainable Corridors” for which he will assist NYCDOT staff in formulating the Healthy Corridor Index in the context of environmental health; access internal and external resources; perform data management regarding safety, mobility, and accessibility; conduct research on socioeconomic, demographic, and environmental sustainability topics; execute accompanying overlap mapping; and prepare designs, graphic representations, and presentations.