Celebrating the urban pulse

(Above and below) Pieces in a game where visitors can build a neighbourhood and learning what it’s like to drive a bus. — Graham Dickie/The New York Times

A MUSEUM worker climbed behind the steering wheel of a teal-blue city bus, and in place of a windshield, a flat-screen monitor displayed a crowded street in the borough of Queens.

Eyes on the screen, the worker swerved around jaywalkers and double-parked trucks while picking up passengers at bus stops.