TASC is an innovative and comprehensive mapping tool developed by RPA and the Municipal Art Society of New York that uses open data to assist elected officials, planning practitioners, and communities on a wide range of land use actions that affect future development.
Who is able to afford to live in the many largely white suburban communities across our region today is not a matter of personal determination; it is a matter of history.”
Racial separation in the region is very strong: less than 10 percent of census tracts are racially“balanced,” that is, have about the regional average proportion of black families. Blacks are substantially under-represented in more than 70 percent, and substantially over-represented in about 20 percent of census tracts.