New Jersey

Factory to Campus Bike-Share

Volunteers set out to bike from the factory to Princeton University, where an employee bike-share program will begin in November.
29 October 2009 - 6:00am
The New York Times

Fixing A Neighborhood, From Soup to Nuts

Campbell Soup Company is taking a leading role in redeveloping the rough Gateway neighborhood of Camden, NJ.
5 October 2009 - 11:00am
Next American City

Small Town History on a Cell Phone

A two-minute call on a cell phone is now a window into local history in Orange, New Jersey, where a new project has created an audio tour/history lesson out of more than 30 recordings of local residents.
3 October 2009 - 5:00am
The New Jersey Star-Ledger

New Jersey Bills Called Threat to Planning and Environmental Protection

Environmental groups in New Jersey have warned that state legislators are planning to bring forth a series of bills that could negatively affect local planning powers and state environmental controls.
28 September 2009 - 6:00am
The New Jersey Ledger

Town Seek to Share Services as Budgets Dwindle

As city and state budgets tighten, town in New Jersey are looking to join forces and share services.
16 September 2009 - 8:00am
The Star-Ledger

Minaret Variance

Piscataway, New Jersey has a booming Muslim Center that wants to expand, including adding a new parking lot and adding a 45-ft. minaret. Locals are complaining about the impact to traffic, light pollution, and 'parking havoc.'
1 September 2009 - 9:00am
The Star-Ledger

Corruption Bust Offers Lens on Development in New Jersey

The recent corruption bust that resulted in the arrests of more than 40 people in New Jersey shows the interesting shape of the development process in the state.
11 August 2009 - 4:00am
Associated Press

Largest Park in Newark Opens, 30 Years Late

Nat Turner Park is Newark's newest, and largest, city-owned park. The city bought the lot in the 1970s but didn't get around to developing it until now.
31 July 2009 - 5:00am
Newark Star-Ledger

Operation Neighborhood Recovery

Shelterforce magazine takes a look at one of the hardest hit areas in New Jersey by the ongoing foreclosure crisis, and a first-in-the-nation property acquisition project that aims to stabilize neighborhood in decline.
30 July 2009 - 11:00am
Shelterforce Magazine

New Jersey Planner Facing Corruption Charges

Jersey City senior planning aide Guy Catrillo has been charged with attempted extortion by the FBI as part of a broad corruption sting in the state.
24 July 2009 - 2:00pm
Jersey City Independent

Buy a Burger, Generate Energy

A New Jersey Burger King will soon be a test site for motion energy-generation technology. Drive-thru patrons will depress panels, creating kinetic energy which can be turned into electricity.
9 July 2009 - 11:00am
autobloggreen.com

The Best Laid Plans for TOD, Stalled

Planners in New Jersey developed ambitious plans for transit-oriented development along their rail corridors, but with the struggling housing market and poor economy, developers aren't showing up or have halted projects in the works.
22 June 2009 - 9:00am
The New York Times

Transit's Big Dig Begins In Jersey

New Jersey Transit has broken ground on what may be the nation's most costly transit project: a commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River to a new Penn Station Expansion that, to the chagrin of transit advocates, will not connect to Penn Station.
15 June 2009 - 9:00am
The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

Sprawl Halted in New Jersey

The Morris County Planning Board indicates that no new residential subdivisions of 20 or more lots were received in 2008, which signals the end of large-tract developments.
9 June 2009 - 7:00am
Daily Record

A TOD Grows in Trenton

At the sixth busiest stop on the busiest train line in the country, developers are realizing the potential for transit-oriented development around the station.
13 May 2009 - 12:00pm
The Architect's Newspaper

At Long Last, A Park on the Passaic?

A park proposed for Newark's Passaic River waterfront has been an unfulfilled vision for at least a decade. But city officials say the Trust for Public Land will help radically speed up plans for a park.
7 May 2009 - 1:00pm
Newark Star-Ledger

HUD Homeownership Program Shows Promise

An ambitious HUD program promoting homeownership in troubled neighborhoods is, by some accounts, "one of the more intelligent things HUD has done in its history."
26 March 2009 - 5:00am
The Christian Science Monitor
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