Following the lead of their neighbor Montclair, Bloomfield Township in Essex County became the seventh municipality in New Jersey to embrace complete streets after their town council voted unanimously last night in support of the policy. Bloomfield was awarded a Smart Growth Award from NJ Future in 2008 for their Town Center Redevelopment Plan, which, among other […]
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Bloomfield Adopts Complete Streets Policy
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011Sweeney: Glassboro to Camden line “will be included” in the Transportation Trust Fund
Monday, February 28th, 2011Gloucester County Freeholder Stephen Sweeney insisted that funding for the proposed Camden to Glassboro light rail line (GCL) will be included “in any Transportation Trust Fund that is developed by the Christie administration.”
NJ’s Gold Coast Ranks First in “Smart Transportation”
Friday, February 25th, 2011Fresh on the heels of Streetsfilms’ video lauding Jersey City as a leader in transit-oriented development, New Jersey’s second city is again making headlines as a leader in smart growth.
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011The United States of Autocomplete. Source: verysmallarray.com
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 used to get sent around the New Jersey Future […]
Governor Vetoes Historic Property Reinvestment Act
Friday, February 18th, 2011Despite enjoying bi-partisan support, the Historic Property Reinvestment Act was vetoed today by Governor Christie.
Pete Kasabach Discussing Transit-Oriented Development in Jersey City
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011New Jersey Future Executive Director Peter Kasabach was featured in a recent video by Streetsfilms focused on transit-oriented development in Jersey City. The video is the first in their MBA: Moving Beyond the Automobile series, and also features friends of New Jersey Future Kate Slevin (Tri-State Transportation Campaign), Vivian Baker (NJ Transit) and Bob Cotter (Jersey […]
Another 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.
Downtown Revitalization Taking Hold in New Jersey’s Deep South
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Downtown Millville during their monthly Third Friday event. Source: NJSLOM
As the chief of New Jersey Future’s tongue-in-cheek South Jersey Bureau (as well as a bona-fide South Jerseyan myself), I feel duty bound to pass along this story from The Press of Atlantic City about the renaissance going on in the downtowns of some of New Jersey’s most […]
Amtrak, NJ Senators Announce Plans for “New” Tunnel
Monday, February 7th, 2011Source: Amtrak
Well, that didn’t take long. Just three months after Governor Chris Christie announced he was terminating the ARC tunnel project, another idea has emerged to fill the void left by that decision. U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg joined officials from Amtrak today at Newark Penn Station to announce a proposed joint Amtrak/NJ […]
Nominate Your Favorite New Jersey Project for a Smart Growth Award
Monday, January 31st, 2011A scene from the 2009 Smart Growth Awards at the Newark Club
Do you know of an innovative approved or built project, adopted plan or initiative that deserves to be honored for bringing smart growth ideals to light? Consider nominating a project for New Jersey Future’s Tenth Anniversary 2011 Smart Growth Award! The deadline for nominations is Friday, […]
