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Assembly 2020

The Climate Change Pandemic

And a Path to Decarbonization
Until we were confronted with COVID-19, climate change was the existential crisis that many were focused on addressing. This RPA Assembly panel will examine the public health implications of climate change and discuss novel approaches to decarbonization.
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Recent News

NJ Spotlight

Op-Ed: Improving Transit Equity as a Pandemic Recovery Strategy

Gotham Gazette

Healing the New York Region with Coordinated Planning

WNYC

New York City’s Post-COVID Future

StreetsBlog NYC

The Coming Carmageddon: Will Our Leaders Solve NYC’s Transportation Problem?

Am New York

No way out of COVID-19 except through federal funding, MTA and supporters claim

NJ.com

Planning group explains why Port Authority, NJ Transit need billions more in federal bailouts

Gotham Gazette

Could a Public Works Program Save New York City’s Economy?

New York Post

Why the feds need to bail out the MTA

Statement in Response to New York City Overnight Subway Changes

Daily News

NYC advocates back MTA’s $3.9B request for more federal coronavirus relief

To Get Through the Coming Rent Crisis, We Need Everyone to Do Their Part

COVID-19 and Social Vulnerabilities in the Tri-State Region

Statement in Response to Northeastern Governors’ Regional COVID-19 Coalition

Curbed NY

How NYC can create pedestrian-friendly streets during a pandemic

New Rochelle Offers Glimpse of COVID-19 Recovery

Our Region

RPA operates in the interconnected 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan region.

Map of the Region RPA works in

Region at a Glance

3

States

31

Counties

782

Municipalities

23 million

Residents

13 thousand

Square Miles

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Our Areas of Expertise

  • Energy & Environment

    Energy & Environment

    RPA’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

    Housing & Neighborhood Planning

    RPA’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

    Transportation

    RPA’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

    Governance

    RPA 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.

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Statement on Nationwide Protests in Support of Black Lives Matter

from RPA President & CEO Tom Wright
The physical fabric of a community is only as strong as the social contracts beneath it.
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NJ Transit at Trenton Transit Center Essential Service Report

Featured Report

Essential Service

Solving the operating funding crisis for the region’s mass transit
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.
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Ongoing Campaigns

Congestion Pricing and Fixing the Subways

Congestion pricing offers an opportunity to unclog traffic, fund and improve public transit, reduce air pollution, and achieve better public health outcomes, and RPA is working to make sure we get this policy right.

Restore the Promise of Public Housing

RPA is proposing strategies to increase funding and improve management for NYCHA, and we’re building the political and civic will necessary to implement them.

Transition to a Decarbonized Region

RPA advocates for policies and investments that can help our region hit ambitious climate targets without triggering other crises of equity, affordability or economic decline.

Reducing Segregation & Inequality Across the Region

Our region is one of the most segregated parts of the United States and has some of the highest levels of income inequality. RPA analyzes the scope of these structural inequities and works with partners to address them.

The Nation’s Most Urgent Infrastructure Project

Build Gateway Now is a coalition of civic, labor and business leaders building support for the construction of a new rail tunnel to connect New York, New Jersey, and the entire Northeast Corridor.

Fixing a Transit Nightmare

Public for Penn Station is a commuter advocacy campaign combining transit and planning expertise with grassroots energy to increase the pressure on local, state and federal leaders to address the Penn Station nightmare.

Recent Reports

May 2020
in Transportation
Essential Service Solving the operating funding crisis for the region’s mass transit
Feb 2020
in Energy & Environment
Climate Action Manual Policies for a more sustainable and resilient New York
Feb 2020
in Transportation
The Case for Penn South
Nov 2019
in Transportation
Taking the PATH to Newark Airport

Protecting the public’s health and restarting the economy are complementary – not conflicting – goals that require a coordinated regional plan.”

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Tom Wright

President & CEO

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RPA Plan2 Urban Design Manhattan 34 Access Tree Diagram

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.
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Fourth regional plan cover
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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