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Regional Plan Association publications are available from most research projects in all of our core research areas. The large majority of publications are available for download in .pdf format. Most publications are also available for purchase while supplies last. If you are interested in purchasing any of the following publications, please fill out the order form. If you are interested in a publication that is not listed, please contact Neysa Pranger at 212-253-2727, ext. 319.
The Third Regional Plan
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Workforce & the Economy
Open Space & the Environment
Transportation
Housing
Spotlight on the Region: RPA's e-newsletter
The Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York
"Redesigning The Suburbs: Turning Sprawl Into Centers"
Prepared jointly by RPA/MSM Suburban Design project, this report is intended to help residents of the region envision a community that promotes a sense of local identity, is aesthetically pleasing, pedestrian and transit friendly, infrastructure efficient and environmentally friendly. The project used case studies from the Princeton Route 1 Corridor in central New Jersey. November 1994 (B&W Xerox) $5


"Building Livable Communities: A Community Design Handbook for Connecticut Towns"
A handbook to guide planners of suburban and exurban areas through patterns of development that reinforce, rather than destroy, the character of communities they are changing. Can also be applied to other parts of the Region. June 1997. $10
** available free in pdf format   part 1 and part 2

"Building Transit-Friendly Communities"
(draft) A document which presents the findings and recommendations of RPA's three year examination of transit-friendly communitiesin the Tri-State metropolitan region and of the potential to transform suburban communities into more transit-friendly places. September 1997. $10
** available free in pdf format   part 1 and part 2

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