Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Regional Plan Association

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 […]

The Car as Underdog, and Other Mind-Benders

By Brad Aaron | Jun 25, 2007 | 5 Comments

From the New York Times’ new City Room blog comes a post entitled "Congestion Pricing: Has David Bested Goliath?" Hint: "The answer might depend on who you think is the giant." Which coalition has been winning so far in the congestion pricing wars? So far, at least, the pro-congestion pricing forces have been on the […]

Armoring Up on the Streets of New York

By Alex Marshall | May 31, 2007 | 34 Comments

We’re pleased to announce that Alex Marshall will now be contributing to Streetsblog. As a journalist and author Alex has written extensively on how transportation shapes our cities. He is a columnist at Governing Magazine and a senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association where he edits the bi-weekly Spotlight on the Region newsletter. Here […]

There Are Certain Facts That We’ve All Got to Face Up To

By Aaron Naparstek | May 10, 2007 | 4 Comments

Given that it was only a few months ago that Mayor Michael Bloomberg could be heard saying, "We like traffic, it means economic activity, it means people coming here," his pitch for a whole new set of progressive transportation policies at last week’s meeting of the Regional Plan Association was all the more remarkable: There […]

Sadik-Khan and Congestion Pricing: Ready for Prime Time

By Brad Aaron | May 7, 2007 | 30 Comments

Janette Sadik-Khan has one week to go before taking over as the city’s new transportation commissioner. Not surprisingly, a public appearance Friday found her well prepared to push Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC congestion pricing program. Pressed into service for the Regional Plan Association’s day-long 17th Annual Regional Assembly, held at the swank Waldorf-Astoria, Sadik-Khan served as […]

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