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Jan 18 2021
RPA Congratulates US DOT Deputy Secretary Nominee Polly Trottenberg
by Tom Wright
Jan 14 2021
Statement on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Infrastructure Announcement
Dec 18 2020
Statement on NJ Transit Positive Train Control Certification
Dec 15 2020
Statement on Pete Buttigieg for Secretary of US Department of Transportation
Dec 08 2020
Equity On Our Streets: A Transportation-Led Recovery Agenda for Candidates
by Kate Slevin
Nov 30 2020
Statement in Response to Potential Delay of Congestion Pricing Implementation
Nov 19 2020
New Jersey Must Make Bus Travel Easier for Essential Workers to Ensure Equitable Recovery
by Mark McNulty
Nov 16 2020
Key NYC Nonprofits Launch The Inclusive Growth Initiative
Oct 28 2020
Lack of Affordable and Rental Housing is a Potential Barrier to Long-Term Economic Recovery on Long Island, According to Comprehensive Regional Plan Association Analysis of Each Long Island Town and Village
Oct 16 2020
Statement on the Passing of Cecil Corbin-Mark of WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Oct 15 2020
New Regional Plan Association Report Sorts Fact from Fiction for New York City Metropolitan Area, Outlines How Region Can Come Back Stronger, Fairer, More Resilient
Aug 26 2020
Statement on Metropolitan Transportation Authority Service Cuts and Postponed Capital Projects
Aug 25 2020
Peterson Rich Office and Regional Plan Association Release Design Report Outlining Strategies for Improving New York City Housing Authority
by Lauren Tsuboyama
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
Jul 17 2020
Statement on the Trump Administration’s Decision to Roll Back the National Environmental Policy Act
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
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