Presentation for Designing for Health session.

1. March 9, 2018
Mandu Sen, Program Manager, Regional Plan
Association
Regional planning for health
equity
fourthplan.org

2. About Regional Plan
Association
For nearly 100 years
RPA has developed
long-range plans that
have shaped the
growth of the New
York metropolitan
area.
Plans are shaped by
in-house staff in
collaboration with civic
groups, private and
public sectors and
academia.
NY-NJ-CT Metropolitan region
• 23 million residents
• $1.8 trillion economy
• 13,000 square miles
• 783 municipalities

3. What do we mean by health?

4. There are stark differences in life expectancy between different counties
in the New York region

5. Making the Region Work for
All of Us
Equity Health Prosperity Sustainability

6. The tri-state trail network

7. The tri-state trail network
New Jersey only
• Morris Canal Greenway
• Jersey Shore Trail
• East Coast Greenway
• Shore-to-Somerset
Connector
• Henry Hudson Trail +
Connection
Connecting to other states
• Harbor ring
• Long Path

8. Who lives in places at risk
of displacement in New
Jersey?
120,000 households who earn below $25,000 annually
210,000 households who are housing cost burdened

9. Anti displacement policy options
Anti-displacement
measures
Broader policy options

10. THANK YOU!