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The Regional Plan Association has mapped out a network of transitways as well as a bus service plan to handle passengers displaced by the L train shutdown. Image: RPA

Here’s the Plan to Keep Transit Riders Moving During the L Shutdown

By David Meyer | Nov 16, 2016 | No Comments

The Regional Plan Association has released a new plan to beef up bus and train service for L train riders who'll need robust transit once the western part of the line shuts down for Sandy-related repairs.

How Long Will It Take to Modernize New York’s Commuter Rail System?

By David Meyer | May 10, 2016 | 70 Comments

The New York region’s commuter rail network is failing to keep up with current travel patterns, said panelists at Friday’s Regional Plan Association annual assembly. MTA chair Tom Prendergast agrees, but he doesn’t expect that to change much anytime soon — there are too many other priorities that need to be taken care of first, he said. […]

Experts Call for Complete Overhaul of NY Region’s Transportation Agencies

By Brad Aaron | May 6, 2016 | 39 Comments

At the Regional Plan Association Assembly today, a panel of experts with background in the U.S. and abroad offered a number of ideas on how the New York metro region could reform its ailing transport system. Most of the recommendations would mean a top-to-bottom overhaul of the way projects are planned, financed, and executed — and a shakeup of […]

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The Looming Transit Breakdown That Threatens America’s Economy

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 16, 2015 | No Comments

While federal transit funding stagnates, the nation’s largest rail and bus systems have been delaying critical maintenance projects. Without sustained efforts to fix infrastructure and vehicles, the effects of deteriorating service in big American cities could ripple across the national economy, according to a new report from the Regional Plan Association [PDF]. RPA focuses on ten of the nation’s largest transit agencies […]

Let This RPA Vid Explain Why We Need More Rail Tubes Under the Hudson

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2015 | No Comments

The Regional Plan Association produced a nice explainer video on why the region needs to build more rail capacity under the Hudson River, the risks facing the existing train tubes, and what will happen if one of them has to be taken offline for repairs before another tunnel gets built. The situation with the tunnels has heightened urgency because New […]

RPA: Growing Outer Boroughs Need New Generation of Transit Investment

By Stephen Miller | Feb 11, 2015 | 11 Comments

With the boroughs outside Manhattan adding people and jobs faster than the city core, New York needs to reorient its transit priorities, argues the Regional Plan Association in a new report. The authors warn that increasing travel in the other boroughs will strain the local bus system and lead more people to drive, causing more traffic congestion and […]

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