Regional Plan Association undertook this project in support of its overall plan for the tri-state New York Urban Region. Four regional planning principles are at stake:
- keeping activities in downtowns, to support public transit and, with it, the mobility of those who cannot drive;
- keeping places where all races and income groups gather, where opportunities are within reach of all;
- preserving and using existing investment; keeping development compact, which saves energy, air and water quality and open land.
- keeping development compact, which saves energy, air and water quality and open land.
In this new review, Regional Plan arrived at much the same conclusions as the 1969 Brooklyn plan. The main issue is not what to build, but how to attract the investment. This report recommends a number of implementation steps and a process to mobilize the whole Brooklyn community in support of a new wave of Downtown vitality and growth.
John P. Keith
President, Regional Plan Association
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