Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Regional Plan Association

The future the city wants. Photo: Bike New York

For Safer, Greener Streets, Cities Must Speed Up and Fund Infrastructure: Report

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 14, 2023 | No Comments

A study by the Regional Plan Association offers a new analysis into why infrastructure in New York City costs more than in other cities and countries around the world. And offers solutions that likely go behind the Big Apple.

To Help End the Housing Crisis, Less Parking is More, New RPA Report Says

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 8, 2022 | No Comments

The city should dramatically reduce the amount to car parking it requires developers to build because doing so will result in more much-needed affordable housing quickly — a new report concludes.

More than just restaurants, the curb could be public seating as well. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman with help from the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

GREEN CURBS: Open Restaurant Supporters Want Some ‘Parking’ Spots for Parklets

By Dave Colon | Nov 25, 2022 | No Comments

A permanent outdoor dining program should come with a side of parks, a group of experts argues in a new report outlining the future of the program.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to help situations like this flood last year in the subway at 28th Street and Seventh Avenue. File photo: Via Twitter

Gillibrand Proposal Would Help Protect Transit From Climate Apocalypse

By Dave Colon | Nov 3, 2022 | No Comments

Rising waters need rising funds.

Opinion: Congestion Pricing Benefits Are Inarguable; Its Minor Problems are Easily Fixable

By Tom Wright | Sep 21, 2022 | No Comments

Congestion pricing will reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality. It will raise vital revenue for public transit. It will make the transportation system more equitable.

Rep. Ritchie Torres with Loving the Bronx Founder Nilka Martell at a press conference on congestion pricing and air quality in the Bronx. Photo: Dave Colon

Rep. Ritchie Torres: I’m Not One of Those Congestion Pricing Critics

By Dave Colon | Aug 16, 2022 | No Comments

He's got some minor issues with the tolling plan, but he still supports it — not like Malliotakis or Gottheimer!

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