RPA Radio

RPA's VP for Housing and Neighborhood Planning, Moses Gates, is joined by the President of the NYC Public Housing Preservation Trust, Dr. Vlada Kenniff, to discuss the establishment of the agency, its staff, agenda, and ways of working to preserve and improve the stock and conditions of the NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA)--the largest housing authority in the United States. On June 16, 2022, Governo...

Host, Dr. Sam Bowden Akbari, is joined by RPA's VP for Housing and Neighborhood Planning, Moses Gates, to dive into the Charter Revision Proposals NYC voters will see on their ballots next month! Props 2 - 4, if passed, will help the city fast-track and build more affordable housing citywide, but especially in those community districts that build the least. Passing these proposals are vital to add...

Host, Dr. Sam Bowden Akbari, kicks off the second installment of Region Watch, RPA's series looking at how unprecedented federal actions threaten our regional planning priorities. Sam is joined by RPA's EVP, Kate Slevin and Brian Farkas, partner at the law firm Arendt Fox Schiff, where they dive into the legal challenges to the nation's first ever congestion pricing program. For a full list of the...

This episode kicks off RPA's "Region Watch" series looking at the unprecedented ways the second Trump administration threatens our regional planning priorities transportation, housing, and clean energy development. To dive into that latter point, host, Dr. Sam Bowden Akbari, is joined by RPA’s VP for Energy and the Environment, Rob Freudenberg. These are the projects and publications discussed in...

In the 3rd episode of RPA Radio, host, Dr. Sam Bowden Akbari, is joined by RPA’s EVP, Kate Slevin, to dive into all things congestion pricing in NYC. On January 5th of this year, the nation’s first ever congestion pricing tolling program went into effect as NYC joined global cities such as London and Singapore, who use a tolling fee to curb congestion, pollution, VMTs, and use the toll revenue to...

Join host, Dr. Sam Bowden Akbari, and Vanessa Barrios, RPA’s Director of DEI Initiatives to dive into Vanessa’s main project, the Healthy Regions Planning Exchange (HRPE), a national consortium of planning organizations working to improve health equity through better urban planning. Materials we discuss can be accessed below! RPA’s Healthy Regions Planning Exchange website: https://rpa.org/work/ca...

RPA Radio host, Dr. Sam Bowden Akbari, is joined by Vanessa Barrios, Director of DEI Initiatives, to launch the first episode of RPA Radio. The pair discuss the rise of regional planning in the US, the origins of their organization (Regional Plan Association) which stretches back over 100 years, as well as the creation and foci of the four regional plans the organization has produced. Links to the...