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The Committee on A Regional Plan of New York and its Environs was formed in 1922 to address the needs of a growing metropolis and published its landmark Plan in 1929. At that time, Regional Plan Association was incorporated as a permanent body to implement the proposals outlined in the Plan and to prepare new regional plans as they became necessary. The Second Regional Plan in the 1960s and now the Third Regional Plan, released in 1996, offered proposals on land-use transportation, open space preservation, economic development and social issues. The following partial list of achievements is based directly upon recommendations in these plans and interim studies.

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