Regionalizing school districts could also help increase housing options and make New Jersey a less segregated state.
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School District Consolidation Is More Than Just a Cost-Saving Measure
Monday, April 12th, 2021Can the Reduction in Travel Prompted by COVID-19 Be Sustained?
Monday, March 15th, 2021When people drive less, greenhouse gas emissions go down. There are many ways to help people drive less—working from home is one of them, but we can also reduce the need to travel by car by building things closer together, reducing the distances between people’s desired destinations.
Warehouse Sprawl: Plan Now or Suffer the Consequences
Monday, March 15th, 2021The warehouse development that has been steadily spreading south into farm fields along the New Jersey Turnpike might be a preview of things to come if we fail to plan for the growth in the movement and storage of stuff.
Where Do New Jersey’s Property Tax Bills Hit the Hardest?
Monday, February 15th, 2021Recently-released property tax data from the Department of Community Affairs have reminded us once again that New Jerseyans pay a lot in property taxes. Indeed, New Jersey residents pay the highest property tax bills in the country.
Older Homeowners in Car-Dependent Suburbs Face Difficulty Downsizing
Thursday, February 11th, 2021Older adults in New Jersey looking to sell their homes—most of which are single-family detached houses—as younger generations continue to prefer smaller homes in walkable communities.
Does School District Fragmentation Support Residential Segregation?
Monday, November 9th, 2020If New Jersey wants to address its status as one of the most segregated states in the country, mitigating its exclusionary land-use incentives by organizing and funding public education at a higher level of government might be a good place to start. Read the latest installment in our Geography of Equity and Inclusion series.
To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, We Need to Drive Less—and Build Smarter
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020A new report from Transportation for America, Driving Down Emissions: Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change, makes clear that the amount of carbon we pump into the atmosphere still depends on how much we drive, which in turn depends on where and how we build things.
The Black-White Homeownership Gap in New Jersey
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020Where we build our housing, the type of housing we build, and for whom we build it affects our environment, our quality of life, and how segregated a state we will live in.
New Jersey’s population impacted by loss of immigrants
Thursday, August 6th, 2020Recent changes in federal immigration policy have slowed the stream of immigrants to a trickle with implications for the New Jersey’s overall population growth.
A Shift to Working From Home Raises Many Questions About Potential Effects on Other Aspects of Daily Life
Thursday, August 6th, 2020Read New Jersey Future’s perspective on some of the possible effects—both positive and negative—on the geographic patterns of residence, employment, shopping, and travel behavior if the stay-at-home advisories of the pandemic era translate into a permanent increase in the number of people working from home.