At a time when the region faces a deep recession and the future viability of the transit system is at risk, there are no good options for cutting costs or replacing lost passenger revenues. Here’s what we recommend.
Our Region
RPA operates in the interconnected 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan region.
Our Areas of Expertise
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Energy & Environment
learn moreRPA’s Energy & Environment program helps the region to rise to the challenge of climate change through proactive regional planning, smart policy development, and advocacy for sustainable land use practices.
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Housing & Neighborhood Planning
learn moreRPA’s Housing & Neighborhood Planning program explores how to make the region affordable for everyone and builds collaborative local plans focused on healthy, inclusive, and well-designed communities.
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Transportation
learn moreRPA’s Transportation program helps shape and strengthen the network of railways, roads, airports and ports that binds the region together and connect us to the rest of the world.
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Governance
learn moreRPA works to fix the institutions that are failing us by assisting and reforming the governments and agencies responsible for investments and policies that cut across the region’s three states and 782 municipalities.
Protecting the public’s health and restarting the economy are complementary – not conflicting – goals that require a coordinated regional plan.”
From the Timeline / 1969
Urban Design Manhattan
A Report of the Second Regional Plan
“Urban Design Manhattan” recommended design principles for central business districts. Among its contributions were the designs for three underground walkways to connect subway stations. Opening subway stations to light and air, as the Citicorp Plaza did, and concentrating development above and adjacent to subway stations were also major elements of the report.
The Fourth Plan seeks to address issues including housing affordability, overburdened transportation infrastructure, and vulnerability to climate change — by addressing the underlying shortcomings in the region’s governance structures.
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