New Jersey

MTA Service Cuts, Block by Block

Regional Plan Association of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut has mapped out the impact of all MTA's service cuts for every State Assembly and Senate district in the region. There's also an interactive Google Map.
20 March 2009 - 1:00pm
Regional Plan Association

The Sun Rises in Atlantic City

Atlantic City's convention center features the largest solar panel array in the United States.
6 March 2009 - 12:00pm
CNN

All Aboard New Jersey's Gambling Express!

New Jersey launched a new express train service, ACES, to carry visitors to the bustling Atlantic City casinos from NY Penn Station. The trip will take 2 hrs, 45 minutes. Though there won’t be gambling aboard, each train has two bars.
10 February 2009 - 10:00am
The New York Times

From Modernist to New Urbanist

A developer in Holmdel, New Jersey sees promise in a building designed by Eero Saarinen to become a pedestrian-friendly town center. 'This place can be a great public realm."
19 December 2008 - 10:00am
Aberdeen

Housing Authority 'Charging for Everything'

The Paterson Housing Authority in New Jersey will soon enact some new rules and fees, including charging $20 for every washer, dryer and large screen plasma television.
18 December 2008 - 10:00am
North Jersey

What's A Rail Station Without Parking?

The New Jersey Transit's Secaucus commuter rail station is the topic of scorn by a New York Times editorial because it doesn't provide commuter parking - even though it was designed as a 'transfer station'.
4 December 2008 - 5:00am
The New York Times

NJ Town Bristles at Affordable Housing Requirements

'It stinks,'says Mayor John Hipp of Rutherford, New Jersey, as his town struggles to fulfill its requirements for affordable housing. The planning board has reluctantly agreed to require affordable units in a previously planned redevelopment site.
10 November 2008 - 9:00am
The Leader

Sprawl To Blame for Lack of Community Involvement

In central New Jersey, all the signs that usually indicate extensive community involvement are there: affluence, education, and diversity. But in reality, participation levels are low. A new study shows that sprawl may be the culprit.
21 October 2008 - 12:00pm
Princeton Packet

New Jersey to Lead in Wind Power

By 2020, New Jersey will have tripled its wind energy use.
8 October 2008 - 11:00am
Newsday

Eminent Domain: People Don't Like It

Monmouth County residents give their opinion on eminent domain, illustrating the growing concern and awareness of the general public of this tool.
22 August 2008 - 11:00am
The Coaster

Historic Company Town Called 'New Urbanist'

Roebling, New Jersey is a company town built around a steel wire factory. But founder John A. Roebling had a few ideas about making a community there, as a new museum attests.
14 August 2008 - 1:00pm
The Princeton Packet

Inner-City Suburbs Rebranded as 'Classic Towns'

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the MPO for the Philadelphia metropolitan region, has introduced an innovate way of making people aware of the benefits of older, established suburbs: market them.
5 August 2008 - 5:00am
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Beach Access Blocked By Homeowners

A $5 million project on Long Beach Island to restore the eroding beachfront is stymied by homeowners who don't want to allow easements through their property.
17 July 2008 - 7:00am
NJ.com

Nearly 200 New Jersey Mayors Oppose Affordable Housing Rules

Almost 200 New Jersey mayors have joined together to oppose new affordable housing requirements that they say their cities can't possibly comply with.
17 July 2008 - 6:00am
The Philadelphia Inquirer

New Public Park 'Sponges' Up Contaminants

Landscape architecture firm dlandstudio is taking the stench out of the Gowanus Canal by building a new public park that is beautiful as well as functional.
7 July 2008 - 8:00am
The New York Sun

Lego Living: Shipping Containers Become Affordable Housing

A developer in New Jersey is looking to shipping containers as building blocks for affordable housing.
24 June 2008 - 9:00am
Courier-Post

The Thorny Problem of Affordable Housing

New Jersey struggles to develop fair rules on affordable housing. "The whole thing is madness at this point," says a Sussex County administrator.
26 May 2008 - 1:00pm
New Jersey Herald

A Tale Of Two Visions For A Waterfront

Activists in Jersey City are suing over plans to replace a fledgling waterfront arts district with new high-rises. The city says the land, which is next to commuter and light rail stations, is best used for "smart growth" high-density housing.
15 May 2008 - 2:00pm
The New York Times

When Preservation Trumps Smart Growth

A New Jersey town along the one of the state's light rail line has rejected a plan for adding new mixed-use residential to its downtown, for fear of new development threatening its main street's historic character.
13 May 2008 - 1:00pm
Streetsblog
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