Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Regional Plan Association

New Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner and Chief Climate Officer Rohit Aggarwala addresses the media at City Hall. Photo: Dave Colon

New City Hall Climate Teams Must Focus On Transportation Emissions Reductions, Advocates Say

By Dave Colon | Feb 2, 2022 | No Comments

What does Mayor Adams’s new climate office mean for the main challenges: reducing car ownership and overturning years of environmental racism?

A piece of the Bay Ridge Branch in Brooklyn, looking east. Photo: Dave Colon

ANALYSIS: Gov. Hochul’s ‘Bi-Boro’ Train Line: How Will it Work?

By Dave Colon | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

If you read no other story about the plan, this is the one.

Gov. Hochul has edited the Regional Plan Association's Triboro plan. But it's a start.

ALL ABOARD! Hochul Seeks Subway Between Bay Ridge and Jax Hghts

By Dave Colon | Jan 5, 2022 | No Comments

The State of the State address included a plan to turn rail right-of-way into the Interborough Express between Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights and intersecting with 17 subway lines and the LIRR.

A day is dawning for the Port Authority bus terminal, but what will it look like? Rendering: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Build A Brighter, Greener Future at the New Port Authority Bus Terminal: RPA

By Dave Colon | Nov 17, 2021 | No Comments

Making a better bus terminal in Midtown starts with considering the new space as a "civic destination," says the Regional Plan Association.

SOLVED: City Must Reduce Carmaggedon By Eliminating Free Parking, Re-Imagining Public Space

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

The city must eliminate free parking, dramatically reduce roadway space for cars, and transform the Department of Transportation into a broader "public space management" agency in order to make New York City truly livable and climate resilient, a new report argues.

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights. Photo: Patch

ANALYSIS: The Mayor’s ‘Bold’ Plan for the BQE is Not Bold, But is Really a Long Punt

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 4, 2021 | No Comments

"It just seems like not a very forward thinking solution to the whole issue," one activist said.

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