Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Regional Plan Association

Saturday: MTA to Liven Up Public Hearings

By Jason Varone | Nov 13, 2007 | 3 Comments

Next Saturday the MTA will be running a town hall-style meeting to take public input on various fare and financing options. The latest issue of Spotlight on the Region sums it up pretty well (as does the photo above): If you are tired of public hearings where outraged citizens stand at a microphone and rant […]

What Up, G?

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 1 Comment

Graffiti at the Metropolitan Ave. subway station on the G line. Streetsblog will be keeping an eye on Save The G, a new blog advocating for service improvements on the beleaguered G subway line. The blog is being produced by a coalition of civic groups and elected officials from Brooklyn and Queens, including, Queens Civic […]

Famed Danish Urbanist Jan Gehl in Town to Consult on PlaNYC

By Alex Marshall | Aug 2, 2007 | 8 Comments

The Urbanist Musketeers: Alex Garvin, Jan Gehl and Fred Kent in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 30, 2006. Jan Gehl, the famed Danish urbanist, is in New York City this week where, sources say, he has been hired as a consultant for Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC program. At a presentation to the board of the Regional Plan Association […]

Brodsky Attacks Critics of His Congestion Pricing Study

By Jason Varone | Jul 11, 2007 | 41 Comments

On the Brian Lehrer show this morning, Assembly Member Richard Brodsky brushed off reports of his parking industry campaign contributions and TA, RPA and Streetsblog’s substantive criticism of his congestion pricing study as a "personal attack." Here’s a transcript: Brian Lehrer: Streetsblog, the website, reported yesterday that over the past five years you have accepted […]

The "Triboro RX" and New Transit Riders by Origin (Michael Frumin, 2007)

‘Triboro RX’ Could Provide More Transit Opportunities

By Jason Varone | Jun 29, 2007 | 21 Comments

For the Regional Plan Association, Michael Frumin visualized their plan for a rapid transit line in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx that could be built almost entirely on pre-existing rail and would connect with at least twenty existing subway lines. The “Triboro RX”, which originated in the 1996 Third Regional Plan, could provide effective transit […]

Segway Users: The Other Minority

By Alex Marshall | Jun 27, 2007 | 75 Comments

This is the second essay from Alex Marshall. As a journalist and author Alex has written extensively on transportation issues, he is a senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association where he edits the bi-weekly Spotlight on the Region newsletter. A guy on a Segway rolled by me the other day on 15th street to […]

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