New Jersey

Petty Island, home to bald eagle,s is under pressure to develop.

New Jersey "is a cross between a Sun Belt city that relies on buses and cars because it has no rail system and a place like Long Island or Westchester County, where most commuters depend on cars and trains."

New Jersey approves a study of personal rapid transit for Long Branch, a shore town just south of NYC. The New York Press calls it an 'epic boondoggle'.

New Jersey's fast-track Permit Streamlining is called 'fundamentally flawed' and will be repealed.

A $1.3 billion redevelopment project faces another hurdle: a lawsuit over its lack of affordable housing.

Implementation of a controversial bill that developers backed was halted so that the public could comment.

Ethel Lawrence Homes is a case study in the challenged involved in building afforable housing for poor people in an affluent community.

An oil company, a redevelopment plan and a couple of eagles add up to trouble.

New Jersey's Highlands bill will encourage sprawl and cause pollution.

Gov. James E. McGreevey signs a bill protecting more than 400,000 acres of land as well as drinking water but environmentalists stay away.

A law designed to protect land helps speed along other development.

In a sweeping act NJ Legislature approves a bill to preserve the northern Highlands and protect the water supply for half the state.

State supported transfer of development rights programs are working to preserve Farmland in New Jersey.

Asbury Park, N.J., was known as 'Beirut by the shore' until a $1.2 billion redevelopment project sparked the creation of a gay mecca.

How Camden plans to remake itself.

New Jersey tests a new anti-sprawl system.

A waterfront project in New Jersey is designed to encourages people to leave their cars behind.

The Haddonfield business district is an example of how aggressive downtown revitalization efforts can pay off.

Will New Jersey Transit's newly-opened, $1.1-billion River Line bring new and investment to South Jersey towns?

Even before it opens, New Jersey's new light rail system is being derided for having with the worst financial performance in the nation.