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