Rebuilding transit communities frequently means reviving downtowns, both large and small, along with a wide range of housing options, from brownstones, to apartments to bungalows. It also means providing more choice in how to get around, from train, to bus, to simply walking.
Transportation
Transit Towns Good Places To Grow
Friday, March 8th, 2002Healthiest Gains Come From Walkable Communities
Thursday, June 28th, 2001The Center for Disease Control reports that trips made by walking or cycling had declined to 6.4 percent by 1995, a direct consequence of sprawl.
Planning Trumps Size When It Comes To Traffic
Thursday, May 31st, 2001Traffic Delays
Size isn’t everything. In large cities where growth was planned around transportation investments like trains and subways, traffic delays are a fraction of those experienced by smaller cities where growth has largely followed the automobile.
Case in point: The 16.4 million people in the New York/Northeastern NJ area are delayed by traffic an average […]
Development Style Can Reduce Road Costs
Tuesday, February 13th, 2001Road Costs and New Development
Laying a local, two-lane road typically costs $1 million a mile.
The cost per resident can be reduced dramatically if plans for new roads are coordinated with plans for more compact development – even when that development is no more “compact” than found in a small town.
Roads built to serve sprawling […]
Lessons from a Poster Child
Friday, September 1st, 2000Merrill Lynch and Hopewell Township
The first phase of a new Merrill Lynch office complex is scheduled to open in October in rural Hopewell Township. The 1-million square feet of new buildings is equivalent in size to 10 Home Depot stores.
The newly opened campus will draw 3,500 employees a day, or nearly a quarter […]
Voters Taking Different Track
Friday, June 2nd, 2000Transportation
Given the choice, 57 percent of New Jerseyans polled last month said they would prefer the state improve public transportation over building new roads.
The preference for improved public transit was consistent in every region of the state. New Jerseyans in the Central and Northwest regions were nearly tied in favor of public transit, at […]
Senate Bill On Track Toward Smart Growth
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2000New Jersey has more lane miles of highway per square mile than any other state except Rhode Island.
