New Jersey Department of Transportation released a draft of its long-awaited Regional Growth Strategy for the Route 1 region in Central Jersey.
Development and Redevelopment
Traffic Isn’t The Only Type of Gridlock Along Route 1
Thursday, September 16th, 2010Best Town Name in New Jersey?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010New Jersey is legally comprised of 566 municipalities, but culturally it is made up of untold hundreds of localities with which residents often more closely identify. The names of many of these places are rooted in New Jersey’s rich Lenni-Lenape Native […]
Two More Communities Adopt Complete Streets Policies, More Likely
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010The 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 […]
Sustainable Communities: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010In New Jersey, a group of cities, counties and state government, regional agencies, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations (including New Jersey Future)from throughout the 13-county North Jersey region have formed the “North Jersey Sustainable Communities Consortium.”
Municipal “Ratables Chase” Doesn’t Necessarily Pay
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Do municipalities with the highest concentrations of commercial properties also tend to have the lowest tax rates?
NJ 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 […]
Sprawl Not Yet a Thing of the Past
Thursday, July 29th, 2010New Jersey has long been the nation’s most developed state, but new data show it is now more developed than anything else.
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 […]
New Tunnel Could Transform NJ’s Landscape … And Brighten its Economic Prospects
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010The ARC tunnel, and the resulting service expansions and improvements, has the potential to fundamentally alter New Jersey’s landscape in the coming decades.
New Jersey Future Statement on S1
Thursday, June 10th, 2010The following statement was issued by Peter Kasabach, Executive Director of New Jersey Future, on June 10, 2010, following the passage of S-1 in the New Jersey Senate: “We have little doubt that the good folks looking to re-shape the […]