A new toolkit from New Jersey Future offers advice and resources to help elected officials maximize the opportunities to use green infrastructure to help control flooding and polluted runoff.
Planning and Governance
From Stormwater to Clean Water: New Flood-Control, Pollution Resource for Towns
Monday, November 5th, 2018A Better Way To Plan for Traffic Effects of New Development
Friday, November 2nd, 2018San Jose, California, is using a vehicle-miles-traveled score as a more accurate way than the traditional level-of-service analysis to assess the effectiveness of various traffic mitigation initiatives developers might employ.
Where Do New Jersey’s Out-Migrants Go?
Thursday, October 25th, 2018The first in a series of articles using census data to understand where people who leave New Jersey are moving to, this article looks at overall out-migration patterns and lists the top 30 destination counties.
New Jersey Future Releases Action Plan for Trenton Transit Center Area
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018The Trenton Transit Center Strategic Action Plan, prepared by New Jersey Future for the economic-development organization Greater Trenton in partnership with architecture and planning firm Clarke Caton Hintz, lays out strategies and implementation tactics for transforming the station area into a vibrant and dynamic district.
DEP Gathers Input at Coastal Resilience Summit on Local Actions To Plan for Climate Change
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018At an invitation-only gathering hosted by the state DEP, New Jersey Future provided insight on innovative planning strategies and implementation actions from other coastal locations that could inform coastal resilience initiatives in New Jersey.
New Jersey Future Contributes Resiliency Planning Chapter to Planning Guide
Friday, October 12th, 2018New Jersey Future has contributed to a key resiliency chapter in the new edition of APA-New Jersey’s Complete Guide to Planning in New Jersey.
The Transportation-Emissions Reduction Strategy No One’s Talking About
Monday, October 8th, 2018We can reduce transportation-related greenhouse-gas emissions by switching our vehicles to cleaner fuels. But unless we also reduce the miles they travel, we’re only addressing half the problem.
New Jersey Future To Participate in Trenton Innovation Challenge Grant
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018New Jersey Future is one of a consortium of organizations participating in the City of Trenton’s Innovation Challenge Grant, focused on creating an incubator, maker’s campus and training center near the Trenton Transit Center.
Stormwater Camp: A Summer Week To Remember
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018A stormwater-themed summer camp in Sussex County, funded for the last two summers by New Jersey Future, teaches green infrastructure to its school-age campers.
Yes, Millennials Really Are Fleeing the State. The Data Say So.
Wednesday, September 12th, 2018Nationally, Millennials are a much larger generation than the one that came before them. But not in New Jersey. This is a problem for the future economic health of the state, and deserves to be addressed.
