Since the end of the decade of the 2000s, New Jersey Future has been documenting the return of population growth to the state’s cities, towns, and older, walkable suburbs, noting that redevelopment has become the “new normal.” Now, with recent new data from the Department of Environmental Protection’s Land Use/Land Cover mapping project, and a value-added analysis by researchers at Rowan and Rutgers universities, we can clearly see the degree to which redevelopment has been saving land.
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Redevelopment Is the New Normal
Friday, June 12th, 2020Urban Comeback in New Jersey
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020Where are New Jerseyans living? Where are they moving to and from? And what is driving these changes? Today, we add another variable for why people may choose to move: the consequences of a global pandemic on where people live and work.
NJ Stay-at-Home Order is Reducing GHG Emissions
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020According to the traffic data analysis consultant INRIX, New Jersey is #1 in staying at home, notching a 63 percent drop in statewide personal vehicle travel as of last week, when compared to the baseline week of February 22nd.
New Jersey’s Supply of Developable Land Is Shrinking – As a Result of Both Development and Preservation
Monday, February 17th, 2020Recently-released 2015 land use/land cover data from the Department of Environmental Protection offer an opportunity to assess the state of land development in New Jersey.
New Jersey Losing Population for the First Time in Four Decades
Thursday, January 16th, 2020A long-term decline in the national birth rate and a recent drop-off in immigration have joined forces with ongoing out-migration to other states to produce New Jersey’s first population loss since the late 1970s.
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of New Jersey’s Transit Village Program
Monday, December 9th, 2019The NJ Department of Transportation and NJ Transit hosted an event on Nov. 14 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Transit Village program.
Where does impervious cover have the biggest impact?
Monday, November 11th, 2019The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently released a 2015 update of its land use / land cover data set. The LU/LC dataset offers a periodic snapshot of how and where New Jersey both uses and preserves its land.
Population Growth in Older Centers (but not all of them) Continues To Outstrip the Rest of the State
Monday, June 3rd, 2019The Census Bureau’s municipal population estimates for 2018 show that redevelopment of older centers continues to be the way New Jersey is growing. However, not all areas are seeing this growth.
Job Growth Finally Following Population to Compact Centers
Friday, May 3rd, 2019Even as population growth has moved back to compact, walkable places since 2008, job growth initially continued to occur in low-density suburban locations. The latest numbers from the state Department of Labor show that, starting in 2014, that trend has reversed.
New County Population Estimates: More of the Same Changes
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019New census county population estimates show older urban areas are continuing to revitalize. Some growth is even returning to New Jersey’s exurban areas.