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Nov 2017

The Fourth Regional Plan

Making the Region Work for All of Us

The Fourth Regional Plan provided specific recommendations to promote inclusive growth that would bring shared prosperity, equity, improved health, and sustainability for the region.

This video was produced by Nate Dorr and RPA and aired during the RPA Centennial Assembly on May 6, 2022 to commemorate the organization’s 100th anniversary.

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Fourth Plan Values

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Fourth Plan Recommendations

Fourth Plan Renderings

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Nine Flagship Places

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RPA 4 RP Render Flagship 05 Bridgeport 3 After Annotated
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RPA 4 RP Render Flagship 02 Newburgh 3 After Annotated
RPA 4 RP Render Flagship 04 Meadowlands 3 After Annotated
RPA 4 RP Render Flagship 06 Paterson 3 After Annotated
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RPA AIA Exhibit Primary Map
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4C Design

The Four Corridors

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Paying For It

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Creating the Plan

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The Fourth Plan in Context

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The Fourth Plan in Action

Our Areas of Expertise

  • Energy & Environment

    Energy & Environment

    RPA’s Energy & Environment program helps the region to rise to the challenge of climate change through proactive regional planning, smart policy development, and advocacy for sustainable land use practices.

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  • Housing & Neighborhood Planning

    Housing & Neighborhood Planning

    RPA’s Housing & Neighborhood Planning program explores how to make the region affordable for everyone and builds collaborative local plans focused on healthy, inclusive, and well-designed communities.

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  • Transportation

    Transportation

    RPA’s Transportation program helps shape and strengthen the network of railways, roads, airports and ports that binds the region together and connect us to the rest of the world.

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  • Governance

    Governance

    RPA works to fix the institutions that are failing us by assisting and reforming the governments and agencies responsible for investments and policies that cut across the region’s three states and 782 municipalities.

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Acknowledgements

Funded By

Ford Foundation
JPB Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation

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