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 works mentioned during the episode can be found below. 

Sam’s staff page: https://rpa.org/about/staff/sam-bowden-akbari 
Vanessa’s staff page: https://rpa.org/about/staff/vanessa-barrios
RPA website: https://rpa.org/
RPA’s archive: https://rpa.org/archive
RPA’s IBX work: https://rpa.org/work/campaigns/triboro
RPA’s City of Yes work: https://rpa.org/work/reports/city-of-yes-and-missing-middle-housing
RPA’s 1st Regional Plan: https://rpa.org/work/reports/regional-plan-of-new-york-and-its-environs
RPA’s 2nd Regional Plan: https://rpa.org/work/reports/the-second-regional-plan
RPA’s 3rd Regional Plan: https://rpa.org/work/reports/a-region-at-risk-the-third-regional-plan 
RPA’s 4th Regional Plan: https://rpa.org/work/reports/the-fourth-regional-plan 
RPA’s work on travel speeds in Manhattan’s CBD: https://rpa.org/news/lab/congestion-has-never-been-worse-the-need-for-congestion-pricing-never-greater 
RPA’s offshore wind report, “Ports of Opportunity”: https://rpa.org/work/reports/ports-of-opportunity

E1: Regional Planning in the Tri-State? Who is RPA?

RPA Radio is the official podcast of Regional Plan Association (RPA). We discuss all things regional planning across the tri-state region. 

RPA is the oldest metropolitan planning organization in the US. We use urban planning, research, and advocacy to help make the tri-state region a better place to live.