Transportation
The transportation system in the tri-state New York Metropolitan Region has been the driving force for its economic growth throughout its history. This is no less true today. While our transit and highway systems were the finest when they were first built, they are aging and were not designed, in many cases, for changing travel demands.
The goals of RPA's mobility program is to present and advocate new ideas (and some old ones that maintain their relevance) that can transform the existing transportation systems for the 21st Century, that can help to knit together the many transportation systems across the three states planned operated by many agencies, that can support sustainable center-based land uses, and to explore opportunities for raising the needed resources to operate, maintain and expand our transportation systems.
Featured Projects
Responding to President-elect Obama's video address on December 6 announcing the "largest investment in infrastructure since the National Highway System," the group urged the President-elect to get this investment right with a five-step program: Fix, Phase, Green, Train and Count.
RPA's testimony includes a comprehensive list of the proposed cuts.
Publications
- 2008.10.17: RPA Releases Transit Blueprint for Urban Core
- 2005.11.14: New Report Outlines Benefits of Moynihan Station
- 2005.11.14: How to Save New Jersey's Transportation System
- 2003.12.01: New Hudson River Passenger Rail Tunnel
- 2001.02.13: Moving Toward Congestion-Reducing Toll Policies
- 1999.01.01: MetroLink
- 1983.11.01: Long Island Rail Issues







