Special Leadership Award will honor W. Cary Edwards A diverse group of innovative development and redevelopment projects located in cities, towns and townships across New Jersey will be honored with 2010 Smart Growth Awards from New Jersey Future. Six projects […]
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New Jersey Future Announces Smart Growth Award Winners for 2010
Friday, April 16th, 2010This Week in Land Use
Friday, April 9th, 2010After a brief hiatus, This Week in Land Use is back! Each Friday Garden State Smart Growth will post a collection of links to news articles pertaining to land use in New Jersey. We try our best to capture all […]
NJDOT Commissioner Calls for Dedicated Funding For NJ Transit from Turnpike Tolls
Monday, April 5th, 2010In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, NJDOT Commissioner Jim Simpson said he would push for a dedicated source of funding for NJ Transit. “It makes sense to fund NJ Transit out of [tolls on] the turnpike. It’s good policy […]
NJ Transit Introduces “Outdoor Seating” As New, Affordable Option for Riders
Thursday, April 1st, 2010After hearing an earful from angry commuters about NJ Transit’s coming service cuts and fare hikes, transit officials have responded, introducing a new, lower cost travel option for those commuters concerned about cost. The so called “Fresh Air Fare” will […]
T4 America Study Finds Americans Support Increased Funding for Public Transportation, Safe Walking and Bicycling
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Polling released today by the Transportation for America Campaign, of which NJ Future is a partner, finds that more than 4 in 5 (83%) voters agree the country “would benefit from an expanded and improved transportation system, such as rail […]
EPA Study Finds Redevelopment Taking Hold Nationwide, What About NJ?
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010A recent study by the Environmental Protection Agency finds that redevelopment is becoming the dominant paradigm for residential growth in urban areas. The study, titled Residential Construction Trends in America’s Metropolitan Regions, looks at 19 years of building permit data, […]
Transportation Trust Fund on the Road to Bankruptcy
Thursday, March 11th, 2010New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) contributes $1.6 billion to the state’s $3.5 billion annual transportation capital program (the rest comes from federal matching funds). The money is used to maintain and upgrade the state’s 40,000 miles of highways, roads […]
Support for Gas Tax from a Surprising Source
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Only 35 percent of the 628 responses said they thought hiking the gas tax amounted to a death wish for the state’s politicians.
This Week in Land Use
Friday, March 5th, 2010Each Friday Garden State Smart Growth will post a collection of links to news articles pertaining to land use in New Jersey. We try our best to capture all relevant stories, but we’re not perfect. Let us know in the […]
Fare Hikes and Service Cuts Announced for NJ Transit
Friday, March 5th, 2010“New Jersey Future understands the gravity of the state’s current budget crisis, and we recognize that hard choices are necessary to address the situation. We believe, however, that placing this burden solely on transit riders, and not on the transportation […]