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Tamika Butler Calls for “Ethics, Equity and Empathy” in Transportation Planning
RPA’s Healthy Regions Planning Exchange continues to try and bring equity and health closer to the center of regional planning work. Our s..
Addressing Racial Inequality in Planning
Since it began, regional and urban planning has perpetuated racial inequality. RPA’s Healthy Regions Planning Exchange is grappling with t..
Exploring Health and Equity with a Nationwide Planning Network
Regional Plan Association has been working with a group of planners, public health officials, and community advocates from 11 regions acro..
Chaos in the Streets: Ten Reasons Our Streets are So Crowded
“It is so crowded no one goes there anymore.” Whether Yogi Berra really said this or not, it’s wrong! Or at least half wrong. It is so cro..
What’s Going on With the BQE, and What’s RPA’s Role?
NYC DOT is working on a giant project to repair the BQE from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street. Part of the 1.5-mile highway in the project ..
Does NYC Still Need To Use Hart Island As A Potter’s Field?
Hart Island is New York City’s potter’s field, a resting place of last resort for those who can’t afford a private burial. Many New Yorker..
Planning for a Green New Deal
New York’s newly elected representative from the 14th Congressional District, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has made waves in recent weeks wit..
This Election Day, New Yorkers Have The Chance to Vote On Charter Reform
With so many headlines and so much anxiety heading into election week, it may be easy to forget that as a New Yorker, you have the chance ..
Designs for RPA Newark Airport and Triboro Projects Win AIANY Design Excellence Awards
On October 8, AIA New York celebrated recipients of the 2018 AIANY + ASLA-NY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards.
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‘#Public4Penn’ Demands NY Leaders Take Action On Penn Station
Last Wednesday morning outside of New York’s Penn Station, RPA joined other civic, design and transit organizations, state and local elect..