Suburban Distress Urban distress is beginning to seep into the suburbs and small towns that border New Jersey’s major cities. Many of these communities have fallen behind the state pace in three important measures: change in per capita income, change […]
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Suburbs Slipping into Hole of Urban Decline
Friday, September 22nd, 2000Population Swells Demand for Redevelopment
Friday, August 18th, 2000NJ Population Growth New Jersey’s population growth in the past decade would have been negligible without immigration from other countries. The number of residents leaving New Jersey for other states between 1990 and 1999 exceeded the number moving in from […]
Zoned for Development
Monday, July 10th, 2000Zoning and Communities New Jersey’s most densely populated community is Union City, with 45,000 people per square mile — a higher density than Brooklyn or Queens. Our least densely populated community is Walpack Township, near the Delaware Water Gap, with […]
Wastewater Rules to Change Development
Monday, June 19th, 2000New Jersey Development 79 percent of New Jersey voters say we should stop building so many shopping centers. Some 56 percent feel there’s too much development of all kinds. 84 percent agree that “We are fast running out of land […]
Voters Taking Different Track
Friday, June 2nd, 2000Transportation Given the choice, 57 percent of New Jerseyans polled last month said they would prefer the state improve public transportation over building new roads. The preference for improved public transit was consistent in every region of the state. New […]
Tougher Shore Development Rules Face Setback
Monday, May 15th, 2000Seven in 10 New Jerseyans feel the Jersey Shore is at risk from development. Nearly two-thirds would prefer to have shore development managed by a state plan.
Senate Bill On Track Toward Smart Growth
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2000New Jersey has more lane miles of highway per square mile than any other state except Rhode Island.