RPA takes a deep dive into electricity bills from around the region to try and understand what determines the amount due, and what is behind the jump.
Featured Campaign
RPA's Triboro Line is now the MTA's Interborough Express
RPA’s Third Regional Plan, “A Region at Risk” called for the construction of the “Triboro Line” to connect the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. In 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul adapted it as the MTA’s new “Interborough Express.”
Featured Campaign
The Gateway Program
The Gateway Program is the most important infrastructure project in the nation. RPA leads the Build Gateway Now coalition of civic, labor and business leaders to build support this vital program.
Making the Region Work for All of Us
RPA’s Fourth Regional Plan
Since 1929, Regional Plan Association has released four long-range plans to guide the growth and development of the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area. These efforts have shaped and improved the region’s economic health, environmental sustainability, and quality of life. Ideas and recommendations put forth in these plans have led to the establishment of some of the region’s most significant infrastructure, open space, and economic development projects.
Our Region
RPA operates in the interconnected 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan region.
Our Areas of Expertise
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Energy & Environment
learn moreRPA’s Energy & Environment program helps the region to rise to the challenge of climate change through proactive regional planning, smart policy development, and advocacy for sustainable land use practices.
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Housing & Neighborhood Planning
learn moreRPA’s Housing & Neighborhood Planning program explores how to make the region affordable for everyone and builds collaborative local plans focused on healthy, inclusive, and well-designed communities.
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Transportation
learn moreRPA’s Transportation program helps shape and strengthen the network of railways, roads, airports and ports that binds the region together and connect us to the rest of the world.
RPA Report
The Value of NJ TRANSIT
NJ TRANSIT service is vital for the economic prosperity of New Jersey and the region, but what would happen if we failed to adequately fund that service? Researchers investigate this hypothetical scenario.
If planners are not careful and intentional, equity could become a buzzword instead of an outcome people experience as a result of our work.”
The Fourth Plan seeks to address issues including housing affordability, overburdened transportation infrastructure, and vulnerability to climate change—by addressing the underlying shortcomings in the region’s governance structures.
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