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Jul 30 2020
Statement on Delay of New York’s Restore Mother Nature Bond Act
by Robert Freudenberg
Jul 29 2020
Amid an Affordable Housing Crisis, Tri-State Region Can Create Hundreds of Thousands of New Homes Without Major Construction
by Lauren Tsuboyama
Jul 17 2020
Statement on the Trump Administration’s Decision to Roll Back the National Environmental Policy Act
by Tom Wright
Jun 17 2020
Regional Plan Association Calls for 425-Mile Connected and Protected Five Borough Bikeway
by Lauren Tsuboyama, Rachel Weinberger & Tom Wright
Jun 16 2020
Statement on New Jersey Wind Port
by Nat Bottigheimer & Robert Freudenberg
Jun 12 2020
Statement on NJ Transit Capital and Strategic Plan
Jun 02 2020
RPA Statement on Nationwide Protests in Support of Black Lives Matter
May 31 2020
Mayor de Blasio Needs to Make the Right Transportation Choices Now
Apr 30 2020
Statement in Response to New York City Overnight Subway Changes
Apr 13 2020
Statement in Response to Northeastern Governors’ Regional COVID-19 Coalition
Feb 27 2020
Regional Plan Association Applauds Increased Funding for NJ Transit in Governor Murphy’s Proposed Budget, But Dedicated Capital Funding Still Needed for Real Progress
by Nat Bottigheimer
Feb 21 2020
Statement in Support of Increased Funding for NJ Transit
Feb 11 2020
Build Gateway Now Reacts to the FTA’s Medium-High Rating for the Portal North Bridge Project
by Brian Fritsch
Jan 06 2020
Statement in Response to Governor Cuomo’s Penn Station Announcement
Dec 10 2019
Regional Plan Association Statement on the Renewable Rikers Act
by Moses Gates
Nov 11 2019
Regional Plan Association Statement on City Council Agreement on East Side Coastal Resiliency Project
Oct 29 2019
Regional Plan Association Statement in Support of Master Streets Plan
Oct 16 2019
Regional Plan Association Statement on the Future of Rikers Island
Sep 26 2019
18 Months Overdue, Build Gateway Now Coalition Rallies Support for Trump Administration Approval of the Hudson Tunnel Project
by Brian Fritsch & Kate Slevin
Sep 25 2019
Letter to MTA Leadership Supporting a Feasibility Study of RPA’s Triboro Proposal
Sep 16 2019
As Congestion Pricing Approaches Reality in New York, Regional Plan Association Issues Recommendations for How it Should Be Implemented
Aug 18 2019
Regional Plan Association Launches Citywide Arterial Bikeway Study with Advisory Committee of Transportation Experts
Jul 24 2019
RPA Statement in Response to “Green Wave” Bicycle Plan
Jun 26 2019
RPA Announces Miriam Peterson & Nathan Rich of PRO — Peterson Rich Office as 2019 Richard Kaplan Chairs for Urban Design
Jun 25 2019
RPA Statement in Response to Amendments to PANYNJ’s Capital Plan
Apr 23 2019
RPA Statement in Response NYC DOT’s L Train Project Plans
by Kate Slevin
Mar 31 2019
RPA Statement on New York State Budget
Mar 24 2019
RPA Statement in Response to the Small Group of Elected Officials Rallying This Afternoon Against Congestion Pricing
Mar 04 2019
RPA Announces JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont to Headline Assembly 2019
Feb 25 2019
RPA President Comments on Governor Cuomo’s and Mayor de Blasio’s MTA Transformation Plan
RPA Chairman Comments on Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio’s MTA Transformation Plan
by Scott Rechler
Regional Plan Association Issues Report on the Impacts of a Partial Shutdown of the Trans-Hudson Tunnel
Feb 13 2019
Regional Plan Association Statement on Amazon’s Cancellation of HQ2
Jan 29 2019
Regional Plan Association Statement on Amazon City Council Hearing
Jan 22 2019
RPA Response to Governor Murphy’s Call to Build New AirTrain System at Newark Airport
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