The cross-sector collaborative will focus on optimizing current water system operations and engaging affected communities in water-infrastructure investment decisions.
Archive for April, 2016
Jersey Water Works Releases 2016 Workplan
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016Forum Roundup: The Triple-Bottom-Line Beauty of Green Infrastructure
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016Forum panelists discuss how green infrastructure offers social and economic benefits as well as the benefits of managing stormwater before it enters a community’s drainage system.
Demand for Transit Neighborhoods on the Rise
Monday, April 18th, 2016Since the Great Recession, the growth rate in New Jersey’s transit-oriented areas has outstripped the growth rate in exurban areas and in the state overall, according to an analysis of new Census data.
Case Study: How Bioswales Are Helping To Clean Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal
Monday, April 11th, 2016The bioswales along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, N.Y., are helping to clean stormwater runoff and prevent it from entering the canal, and have become much-appreciated local amenities.
Forum Feature: We Need To Do Transportation Planning for People, Not Cars. And We Need To Do It Fast.
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016Urban innovator, author and transportation expert Gabe Klein urged attendees at the Redevelopment Forum to re-think how they plan for people to move — and to stay in one place.
Forum Roundup: Gateway Tunnel Will Provide Much-Needed New Transit Capacity
Monday, April 4th, 2016Panelists at a Redevelopment Forum session on the proposed Gateway Tunnel project highlighted the much-needed new transit capacity across the Hudson River it will bring, allowing New Jersey residents greater access to jobs and boosting the region’s economic growth.
The Greatest Danger Facing New Jersey’s Water Infrastructure: The Unknown
Monday, April 4th, 2016At a recent NJ Spotlight roundtable, water experts acknowledged we have only a vague idea of the state of our aging water systems, and of true cost of upgrading them.