Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Regional Plan Association

To Help End the Housing Crisis, Less Parking is More, New RPA Report Says

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 8, 2022 | No Comments

The city should dramatically reduce the amount to car parking it requires developers to build because doing so will result in more much-needed affordable housing quickly — a new report concludes.

More than just restaurants, the curb could be public seating as well. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman with help from the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

GREEN CURBS: Open Restaurant Supporters Want Some ‘Parking’ Spots for Parklets

By Dave Colon | Nov 25, 2022 | No Comments

A permanent outdoor dining program should come with a side of parks, a group of experts argues in a new report outlining the future of the program.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to help situations like this flood last year in the subway at 28th Street and Seventh Avenue. File photo: Via Twitter

Gillibrand Proposal Would Help Protect Transit From Climate Apocalypse

By Dave Colon | Nov 3, 2022 | No Comments

Rising waters need rising funds.

Opinion: Congestion Pricing Benefits Are Inarguable; Its Minor Problems are Easily Fixable

By Tom Wright | Sep 21, 2022 | No Comments

Congestion pricing will reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality. It will raise vital revenue for public transit. It will make the transportation system more equitable.

Rep. Ritchie Torres with Loving the Bronx Founder Nilka Martell at a press conference on congestion pricing and air quality in the Bronx. Photo: Dave Colon

Rep. Ritchie Torres: I’m Not One of Those Congestion Pricing Critics

By Dave Colon | Aug 16, 2022 | No Comments

He's got some minor issues with the tolling plan, but he still supports it — not like Malliotakis or Gottheimer!

The portal to the future Gateway tunnel being constructed at Hudson Yards in the west 30s in 2014. Photo: MTA/Patrick Cashin

Report: Cross-Hudson Transit Trips Will Hit New Highs No Matter What Awful Future Awaits

By Dave Colon | Jun 16, 2022 | No Comments

No matter what the variables between now and 2070, transit ridership in the cross-Hudson tunnels between New York and New Jersey will wind up outdoing the ridership figures from before the pandemic.

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