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Getting Back on Track: Unlocking the Full Potential of the New Haven Line

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
A Metro-North M8 rail car - Source: Metro-North

REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
America’s busiest rail line is in trouble. The New Haven Line is a 60-mile stretch of track that carries commuters between New York City and Connecticut, and long-distance travelers throughout the Northeast. The line suffered two major outages in 2013, including a collision that injured 76 people and an electrical outage that shut down service on the line for more than two weeks. Delays and service disruptions due to aging infrastructure and critical repair work occur regularly, slowing travel for the line’s 125,000 daily passengers.

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New York City: Envisioning a New Penn Station, the Next Madison Square Garden, and the Future of West Midtown

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Penn Station

REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
New York and the tri-state region urgently need a new Penn Station and a new Madison Square Garden. Penn Station is our region’s gateway. Hundreds of thousands of people pass through the station every day. The station, which replaced the original 1910McKim, Mead and White Beaux Arts-style building,is severely overcrowded. Built to handle 200,000travelers, the station now serves some half a million. As public transit use and our region’s population expand, even more people will be crammed into the station’s jammed corridors and stairwells.

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April 19th: A Resilient Region – RPA’s 23rd Annual Assembly

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

The New York metropolitan region has thrived in recent years even as it has been buffeted by economic and environmental pressures. Yet three urgent challenges – climate change, declining economic opportunity and fiscal uncertainty in the public sector – threaten to derail the region’s continued progress. RPA’s 23rd annual Assembly, “A Resilient Region,” will examine these pressing problems and shed light on the best strategies to overcome them and ensure the region’s continued success.

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East Harlem Affordable Housing Under Threat: Strategies for Preserving Rent-Regulated Units

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION Executive Summary Across New York City, the availability of affordable housing is in jeopardy. Even with the ambitious efforts of the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg to preserve or create thousands of affordable housing units, rent protections for much of the existing stock will expire in the coming decades. Nowhere is this […]

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Getting Infrastructure Going: Expediting the Environmental Review Process

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
In the 40 years since the passage of the National Environmental Policy Act and the development of the current federal regulatory process, the practice of completing environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects has significantly lengthened average project delivery times. For example, in 2011, the average time it took to complete an environmental impact statement on a highway project was over eight years, compared with two years just after the law was passed.

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April 27th, New York City: Regional Plan Association’s 22nd Annual Regional Assembly

Monday, March 26th, 2012

From Regional Plan Associtation: The Regional Plan Assembly Cities and regions that thrive in the 21st century will be those that embrace their future by planning for the changing needs of their citizens. As globalization and technological change accelerate, communities must transition from isolated to connected; disposable to sustainable; sprawling to compact; segregated to diverse. […]

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Dependable Rail in 2016

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Knowledge Corridor Transit Network

AMERICA 2050 & REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION

The State of Connecticut is currently pursuing the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield (NHHS) Rail Project, a major investment that will result in faster, more frequent, and more reliable rail service. The rail project entails adding a second track, upgrading existing stations and rail infrastructure including drainage, signals and communications, and at-grade crossings. Four new stations, as well as new train equipment will also be part of later phases…When complete, the rail project will increase service frequency from 6 to 25 daily round-trips, increase speeds, and reduce travel times. The double tracking, track and signal system improvements will provide moderate reductions in travel times. However, the introduction of express trains will result in substantial travel time reductions for some origins and destinations. For example, express service from Hartford to New York City will reduce the current travel time from 2 hours and 30 minutes to 2 hours.

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Reminder: Friday, April 15th – RPA Regional Assembly 2011 in NYC

Friday, April 8th, 2011
2011 Regional Assembly: Innovation & the Global City

RPA’s 2011 Regional Assembly, “Innovation and the Global City,” will explore what global cities, from Singapore to London, and from Stockholm to New York, are doing to remain competitive on the world stage.

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NYC, April 15th: Regional Plan Association’s Regional Assembly 2011: “Innovation and the Global City”

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
2011 Regional Assembly: Innovation & the Global City

This year’s Regional Assembly, “Innovation and the Global City,” will explore what global cities, from Singapore to London, and from Stockholm to New York, are doing to remain competitive on the world stage.

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Urban Growth in the Northeast Megaregion

Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Urban Growth in the Northeast by Decade

AMERICA 2050 & REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
Over the next generation, the 13-state Northeast Megaregion is expected to grow by 26%, adding about 18 million residents. To assess the implications of this change for landscape conservation, Regional Plan Association and America 2050’s Northeast Landscape Initiatives Atlas now includes maps showing historic and current land use, and projections of future urban growth in the Northeast Megaregion through 2040.

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