Northeast Megaregion 2050

The Northeast Megaregion is the densest, most richly connected network of metropolitan areas in the nation. Many of the challenges faced by its five major regions – Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. – are not unique to each region but derived from their common experience of geography, history, culture, and global economic change. This report makes the case for aggregating the capabilities of the Northeast states and regions to address common challenges that threaten the megaregion’s prosperity, environment and quality of life. Certain challenges – congestion and disinvestment in the Northeast’s major transportation corridors – require coordinated action to address physical pieces of infrastructure that span multiple states. Other challenges – addressing poverty and disinvestment in center cities – can benefit from common strategies and approaches to shared challenges. The assumption of the report is that the benefit of all Northeast regions working together is greater than the sum of the five regions working apart.

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