We’re a few months late on this — it’s already been covered ably by numerous other blogs – but the New Jersey angle is interesting enough to warrant a post here. (As an aside: this is a perfect example of something that […]
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011Another Nail in the McMansion Coffin?
Monday, February 14th, 2011Last month, we reported on a study by the National Association of Homebuilders showing that young people prefer to live in an urban environment with easy access to amenities, rather than the suburban cul-de-sac neighborhoods in which they grew up.
A Look Back at Governor Christie’s First Year
Thursday, January 13th, 2011As a candidate for governor, Chris Christie expressed support for a strengthened state planning process, pledging to improve interagency coordination, discourage suburban sprawl and focus all existing incentive programs on urban revitalization. Christie’s urban platform called for providing affordable, quality […]
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.
NJ Cities Dominate the Car-Free List – But for the Right Reasons?
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Streetsblog Capitol Hill takes a look at how to encourage less car ownership — and links to a Wikipedia page listing the cities with the greatest percentages of zero-car households. All of New Jersey’s cities of more than 100,000 population […]
Should we be happy or sad about fewer people on the road?
Monday, January 11th, 2010A couple of news items over the last few days have combined to serve as a good reminder that owning and driving a car is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Driving (at least non-recreational travel) […]