2014-2015

The Regional Plan Association is America’s oldest independent urban research and advocacy organization and has been a major player in shaping urban/regional planning thought and practice. Recently, the RPA launched a multiyear initiative to create a Fourth Regional Plan – a blueprint for the region’s growth, sustainability, good governance and economic opportunity for the next [...]

A couple of years ago, the Queens Activist Committee of the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives (TAQ) approached Hunter College with an idea for a planning studio. Queens Boulevard, an arterial road slicing diagonally through the borough from Long Island City to Jamaica, has for years maintained its reputation as the “Boulevard of Death” despite the [...]