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Campaigns

RPA partners with communities, businesses, government and civic leaders to implement our proposals. We focus on a set of critical campaigns each year while advancing dozens of other projects. Learn more about our campaigns here.

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TransportationConnecticutNew JerseyNew YorkNew York City

Supporting New Mobility Patterns
RPA is researching and advocating for the infrastructure improvements we need to support COVID-19 recovery and the new mobility patterns it is bringing about.
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Energy & EnvironmentConnecticutNew JerseyNew York

Reducing Emissions & Adapting to Climate Change
RPA is researching and advocating for policies that ensure our region is both mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change.
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Manchester Connecticut
Housing & Neighborhood PlanningGovernanceConnecticutNew JerseyNew York

Investing in Communities
RPA is working to transform the tri-state area from one of the most segregated and least affordable regions to one of the least segregated and most affordable in order to serve our diverse and growing population.
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  • Designing Streets for Recovery & Equity

    RPA has long advocated for prioritizing people over cars. Amid the pandemic, we are building momentum for large-scale, permanent changes to promote transit, biking, cycling, and walking on streets.

  • Ensuring an Equitable COVID-19 Recovery

    The New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan region was the epicenter of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and RPA is working to ensure it becomes the epicenter of recovery.

  • Desegregating Connecticut

    DesegregateCT is a program of Regional Plan Association and a coalition of neighbors and nonprofits advocating for more equitable, affordable, and environmentally-sustainable land use policies in Connecticut.

  • Restoring 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.

  • 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.

  • Addressing Health Equity in Metropolitan Planning

    The Healthy Regions Planning Exchange brings together practitioners, advocates, and community-based representatives from across the US to address structural issues that influence health and equity in regional planning.

  • Funding New Jersey Transit

    RPA is convening groups from across New Jersey’s advocacy spectrum to support the transformation of NJ Transit into a modern, effective transit agency.

  • 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.

  • Planning for Resilience with Frontline Communities

    Through a community-driven process with Make the Road New York, we’ve been learning what climate justice looks like for Queens residents by co-powering communities to turn their resilience goals into reality.

  • Bringing Better Transit to the Boroughs

    Running 24 miles on existing track from Co-op City in the Bronx to Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, the Triboro would be an above-ground rail line connecting 17 subway lines and 4 commuter lines.

  • New City Parks

    New City Parks is a former RPA initiative that helps bring thriving urban parks to neighborhoods that sorely need and want them.

  • A New Green Vision for Rikers Island

    Building on the work of community, criminal justice reform, and environmental organizations, RPA supports transforming the island from one for incarceration to one for green infrastructure to benefit all New Yorkers.

  • Resilience in the Region’s Largest Wetland Habitat

    For the New Jersey Meadowlands to have a sustainable future, we must balance climate adaptation with economic development and make resilience part of every decision we make moving forward.

RPA Partnerships

Alfresco NYC Build Better CT

CEQR Reform Coalition

Coalition for the East Harlem Waterfront East River Esplanade

Coalition for the Northeast Corridor

CT Urban Centers Coalition

Center for Housing Opportunity Fix Our Transit Coalition

Friends of the BQX

Inclusive Growth Initiative New York Region Climate Adaptation Network New York Workforce Recovery Strategy Group Racial Impact Study Coalition Rise to Resilience Coalition Thriving Communities Coalition United For Housing