The adoption of a statewide complete streets policy by the New Jersey Department of Transportation was a major milestone for those who believe New Jersey’s streets should be designed for all users, not just drivers. But because only a small […]
Cities and Towns
Two More Communities Adopt Complete Streets Policies, More Likely
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010NJ Future on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010New Jersey Future’s Research Director Tim Evans was a guest today on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show discussing Union County. The show was part of a series called “Your Anecdotal Census“, which is looking at demographic changes in the New […]
Urban Centers Weathering Economic Storm Better Than Other Places?
Thursday, July 8th, 2010photo source: Resurgence City A few months ago, New Jersey Future looked at residential building permit data and found that New Jersey’s urban centers were faring better, relative to the rest of the state, in permit activity over the 2003-2008 […]
Trenton and Jersey City Receive HOPE VI grants from HUD
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Of the six cities that were awarded a total of $113.6 million in the latest round of grants for the HOPE VI program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), two were in New Jersey. Trenton […]
Metro Areas Are the Key to America’s – and New Jersey’s – Future Economic Prosperity
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010In an article in the Wall Street Journal (“The Metro Moment”) last week, the Brookings Institution’s Bruce Katz drew attention to the importance of metropolitan areas to the nation’s economic activity: The real heart of the American economy lies in […]
Urban Centers on Rebound
Friday, April 9th, 2010This marked shift toward redevelopment sheds further light on the phenomenon of stabilizing—or even increasing—city populations
Smart Growth in Transition-Part III: Urban Revitalization
Friday, December 4th, 2009Revitalizing New Jersey’s cities is a primary goal of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. Yet in the two decades that have passed since the State Plan was adopted, many cities and towns have continued to exhibit signs of socioeconomic distress.
Where and How is New Jersey Growing?
Thursday, October 8th, 2009New Jersey’s eight urban centers, as designated in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, reversed course and resumed growing in the 1990s.
Statement from New Jersey Future on State Planning Act
Monday, October 5th, 2009Last week, New Jersey Future released the following statement regarding proposed updates to the State Planning Act: Friends of New Jersey Future, New Jersey Future is pleased that a considerable amount of attention is being paid this fall to the […]
Room with a View
Sunday, September 27th, 2009The Courier Post reported on July 17 that the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) will pay to raze Waterfront State Prison, which sits in North Camden overlooking the Philadelphia Skyline. According to the article demolition of the prison, which is […]