Petra Todorovich is Director of America 2050, RPA's national urban planning initiative to develop an infrastructure and growth strategy for the United States. Since its launch in 2005, America 2050 has convened some of the brightest thinkers in the fields of transportation, land use planning, social equity, and urban development to create a compelling vision for America's future growth. That vision includes an ambitious agenda for infrastructure investments in high-speed rail and sustainable transportation, the energy grid, and water infrastructure to shape quality communities, create jobs, and make America more competitive and livable in the 21st century.
As director of America 2050, Todorovich regularly convenes and facilitates America 2050 workshops and seminars with partners such as the Rockefeller Foundation, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and the Surdna Foundation. She has written articles on transportation and infrastructure policy and is a frequent speaker on the topics of transportation policy, megaregions, and national planning. She has worked at Regional Plan Association since 2001.
Prior to the launch of America 2050, Todorovich directed Regional Plan Association's Region's Core program and coordinated the Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New
York, a network of organizations that came together shortly after 9/11 to promote the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site and Lower Manhattan. She planned numerous public forums and workshops of the Civic Alliance, including the 2002 "Listening to the City" meetings at the Javits Center that brought over 4,500 people together to consider plans for the World Trade Center site. She authored the 2004 Civic Assessment of the Lower Manhattan Planning Process and other pieces of analysis on the rebuilding process and New York City development.
Todorovich is also an Assistant Visiting Professor at the Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Eno Transportation Foundation. Todorovich received a B.A. from Vassar College and a Masters in City and Regional Planning from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Publications
- 2011.01.11: High-Speed Rail in America
- 2009.09.16: Where High-Speed Rail Works Best
- 2009.01.23: Northeast Business Alliance to Congress: Increase Transit and Rail Money in Stimulus Bill
- 2007.11.07: Northeast Megaregion 2050: A Common Future
- 2007.11.01: The 2007 Northeast Mayors' Institute on Community Design
- 2007.10.12: New Report Highlights Planning Challenges at the Megaregional Scale
- 2005.02.03: Study Shows Mixed-Use Development Outperforms Stadium on Far West Side
- 2004.09.09: RPA Releases Civic Assesment of Lower Manhattan
Spotlight Articles
- 2012.01.31: The U.K. Moves Ahead With High-Speed Rail. Can the U.S. Follow?
- 2011.09.27: High-Speed Rail Can Work Here, Despite Setbacks
- 2011.04.06: "High-Speed Rail in America" at Regional Assembly 2011
- 2010.12.21: High-Speed Rail - Getting it Right in the New Year
- 2010.11.03: Republicans and Infrastructure: Still Together, Despite Disagreements
- 2010.04.13: The Future of Intercity Transport
- 2010.02.08: Despite Neglecting the Northeast, Obama Generally Got The Mix Right In Awarding First High-Speed Rail Grants
- 2009.12.21: Busiest Rail Corridor in the Country Excluded from Largest Grants of Rail Stimulus Money
- 2009.09.21: Where High Speed Rail Works Best
- 2008.09.15: Amtrak's Fortunes
- 2008.06.16: U.S. House Passes Amtrak Bill: A New Era for Passenger Rail?
- 2008.05.19: A National Plan for Meeting America's Infrastructure Needs
- 2008.01.25: National Transportation Study Backs Gas Tax but Sidesteps Other Hard Choices
- 2007.11.16: Spotlight Vol. 6, No. 20: Thinking Bigger: Considering the Northeast Megaregion
- 2006.09.22: Spotlight Vol. 5, No. 17: A View From San Francisco: Making Parks Pay And Prosper
- 2006.09.08: Spotlight Vol. 5, No. 16: With no Design Guidelines a Predictable - but Acceptable - Outcome at Ground Zero
- 2006.03.24: Spotlight Vol. 5, No. 6: At the Heart of Ground Zero Renegotiations, a 1,776-Foot Stumbling Block
- 2005.10.20: Spotlight Vol. 4, No. 19: A Slippery Slope at Ground Zero
- 2005.05.18: Spotlight Vol. 4, No. 10: New Hope at Ground Zero
- 2005.04.21: Spotlight Vol. 4, No. 8: Securing the New York Region: Infrastructure and Urban Design After 9/11
- 2004.12.03: Spotlight Vol. 3, No. 24: Alternatives to the Stadium: RPA Study Shows There is a Better Way
- 2004.09.17: Spotlight Vol. 3, No. 19: Rebuilding Efforts Failing To Reach Once Imagined Heights
- 2003.09.05: Spotlight Vol. 2, No. 17: At the Heart of Ground Zero, Still A Questionable Program
- 2003.07.10: Spotlight Vol. 2, No. 14: Innovative Infill Development: Elizabeth is More than just IKEA
- 2003.05.15: Spotlight Vol. 2, No. 10: Rotterdam Connections













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