New 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 […]
Planning and Governance
NJ Future on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010RPA Report Finds ARC To Raise Home Values By $18 Billion
Friday, July 30th, 2010Though it’s been billed as the most expensive infrastructure project in the nation, the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) tunnel currently under construction between New Jersey and New York will provide a substantial return on investment, according to a […]
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.
New Report Shows Suburbanization of NJ Has Picked Up Pace Since 2002
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010A joint Rowan-Rutgers report, co-released today by New Jersey Future, shows that New Jersey is losing open space at an increasing pace. Between 2002 and 2007, 16,061 acres per year, an amount equal to 34 football fields each day, were […]
Monmouth County, West Windsor Twp Adopt Complete Streets Policies
Monday, July 26th, 2010When the NJDOT adopted its Complete Streets policy last fall, it included a provision establishing an incentive within the Local Aid Program (a major source of funding for local road projects) for counties and municipalities to adopt their own Complete […]
Lieutenant Governor Announces New State Office of Planning Advocacy
Friday, July 23rd, 2010NJ Future released the following statement today in response to Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno’s announcement of the creation of the Office of Planning Advocacy. The office will take over the responsibility of the current Office of Smart Growth, and be […]
DEP Announces New Initiative to Combat Transportation Emissions
Friday, June 18th, 2010Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin announced yesterday that New Jersey is joining 10 other states and the District of Columbia to form the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), “a regional group that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through […]
If New Jersey Were a Country …
Thursday, June 17th, 2010Only four countries in the world are more urbanized than New Jersey, where the population density is 10 times that of the United States as a whole.
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 […]
State Affirms Support—But No Money—for PATCO Extension
Friday, May 14th, 2010Last year, then-Governor Corzine went to Woodbury to proclaim his support for the extension of PATCO rail service to Gloucester County. More important, he committed $500 million from the state’s Transportation Trust Fund (yes, that Transportation Trust Fund) toward the estimated […]