Guest on The Infra Blog: Robert D. Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association

Posted by Steve Anderson on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Robert D. Yaro is the President of Regional Plan Association, America’s oldest independent metropolitan policy, research and advocacy group.  Mr. Yaro co-chairs the Empire State Alliance and the Friends of Moynihan Station, and is Vice President of the Forum of Urban Design.  He serves on Mayor Bloomberg’s Sustainability Advisory Board, which helped prepare PlaNYC 2030, New York City’s new long-range sustainability plan.  Since 2001 Mr. Yaro has been Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania.  He also taught at Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts.

Robert Yaro speaks about:

Civic engagement and infrastructure issues:

Catalyzing civic engagement:

Congestion pricing:

High-speed rail and global competitiveness:

The politics of infrastructure repair:

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