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:
“This morning at a hearing of the Assembly Transportation Committee, New Jersey Transit Executive Director acknowledged that the Christie Administration has discussed […]
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New Jersey Future Statement on ARC/TTF Funding
Monday, September 20th, 2010This Week in the ARC Tunnel
Saturday, September 18th, 2010A slight departure from our usual Friday round-up of land-use news to catalog all of the coverage surround the decision to suspend work on the ARC tunnel for 30 days.
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Sunday, 9/12/10- N.J. halts new work on $8.7B N.Y.-N.J. tunnel project due to budget issues (Star-Ledger)
Tuesday, […]
30 Day Review an Ominous Sign for ARC Tunnel Project
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010Source: www.panynj.gov
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 any new contracts from being issued. Yesterday, Governor Christie weighed in on the issue, […]
Sustainable Communities: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010In New Jersey, a group of cities, counties and state government, regional agencies, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations (including New Jersey Future)from throughout the 13-county North Jersey region have formed the “North Jersey Sustainable Communities Consortium.”
RPA Report Finds ARC To Raise Home Values By $18 Billion
Friday, July 30th, 2010Source: RPA
Though it’s been billed as the most expensive infrastructure project in the nation, the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) tunnel currently under construction between New Jersey and New York will provide a substantial return on investment, according to a study released this week by the Regional Plan Association. Looking at the impact on […]
Walkable, Transit-Rich Neighborhoods Poised for Comeback
Friday, July 23rd, 2010image source: The Atlantic
In the June 2010 issue of the Atlantic, contributor Christopher Lineberger argues in “Here Comes the Neighborhood” that the recent plunge in housing prices hasn’t affected walkable neighborhoods in urban and inner-suburban areas to the same extent as elsewhere. Demand for in-town housing will increase in the future, he […]
New Tunnel Could Transform NJ’s Landscape … And Brighten its Economic Prospects
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010The ARC tunnel, and the resulting service expansions and improvements, has the potential to fundamentally alter New Jersey’s landscape in the coming decades.
This Week in Transportation
Thursday, June 17th, 2010With 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
Source: TONY KURDZUK/THE STAR-LEDGER
there is a lot going on regarding transportation and transportation funding in New Jersey. And with the […]
Could NJ’s Depleted Trust Fund Jeopardize Federal Funding for ARC?
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Source: arctunnel.com
That is the question posed by Phillip Barbara in a guest column in yesterday’s Star-Ledger. With New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund nearly broke, and no solution on the horizon, Barbara suggests that the federal government may be leery of committing to a “full funding agreement” of nearly $3 billion that had been expected. In all, […]
NJ Sens. Menendez and Lautenberg Introduce Emergency Transit Funding Bill
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010Source: NJ.com
In response to recent fare increases and service cuts at NJ Transit, New Jersey’s two U.S. senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez joined six of their Democratic colleagues to introduce a bill Tuesday that would authorize $2 billion in emergency funding for transit agencies.
The bill is designed to help transit agencies nationwide close funding […]
