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By Noah Kazis
Apr 16, 2010

Transportation and planning players from the New York metro area are gathered here in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel this morning, ready to spend a day discussing "innovation and the American metropolis," the theme of this year’s RPA regional assembly. We’ll have some posts up later today. For up-to-the-minute news, follow our Twitter feed, @StreetsblogNYC. See you there.

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