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Transit Oriented Development

Correcting the Record on ARC

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

A legitimate issue that deserves attention, but a number of misleading and inaccurate statements by critics of the project have clouded the recent debate.

New Jersey Future Statement on ARC/TTF Funding

Monday, September 20th, 2010

New Jersey Future issued the following statement today in response to the news that the Christie Administration is considering using money committed to the ARC tunnel to instead reauthorize the state’s Transportation Trust Fund:

Traffic Isn’t The Only Type of Gridlock Along Route 1

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

New Jersey Department of Transportation released a draft of its long-awaited Regional Growth Strategy for the Route 1 region in Central Jersey.

30 Day Review an Ominous Sign for ARC Tunnel Project

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

This weekend, NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein announced a 30-day hold on the $8.7 billion ARC tunnel project, to allow for a review of the project’s costs. The hold will not affect work already underway, though it will delay […]

New Tunnel Could Transform NJ’s Landscape … And Brighten its Economic Prospects

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

The ARC tunnel, and the resulting service expansions and improvements, has the potential to fundamentally alter New Jersey’s landscape in the coming decades.

DEP Announces New Initiative to Combat Transportation Emissions

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Department 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 […]

This Week in Transportation

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

With affordable housing reform and budget negotiations in full swing in Trenton, transportation has taken a bit of a back seat in the media lately. However several recent articles, op-eds and editorials are a reminder that there is a lot […]

Parking at NJ Transit Stations Can Generate More than Revenue

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

NJ Transit’s rail system has a network of 66,000 public, private and municipally owned parking spaces at its stations, of which approximately 79 percent are occupied on the average weekday. The three stations with the largest amount of parking are […]

Menendez Introduces Bill to Provide Tax Credit for Transit Oriented Development, But Will the Zoning Be There?

Monday, April 26th, 2010

In New Jersey, oftentimes it is municipal opposition, not developer disinterest, that can stymie transit-oriented development and other types of smart growth.

Uncertain Future for Trust Fund, PATCO Extension at Transportation Hearing

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

NJDOT Commissioner Jim Simpson and NJ Transit Executive Director Jim Weinstein went before the Senate Budget Committee today in Trenton to address some of the major issues confronting their respective agencies. The hearing began with a discussion of arguably the […]

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