The Week in TOD News February 17-23, 2024
Individualism & public transit • NJ considers ADU legislation • Washington State passes TOD bill • Colorado considers grants & tax credits for housing near transit • Egypt’s first high-speed rail
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Harrison NJ
The Week in TOD News November 20-26, 2021
COVID-19 effects, infrastructure funding, and the future of transportation. Managing redevelopment. “$1 house” program. Repurposing suburban malls.
Read MoreThe Week in TOD News November 13-19, 2021
Infrastructure bill, learning from the pandemic, Essex-Hudson Greenway, equitable TOD, and upzoning the Gowanus neighborhood
Read MoreThe Week in TOD News February 27- March 5, 2021
Transit agencies, and the jurisdictions where they operate, are looking for ways to address budget shortfalls that have resulted from the pandemic. Plus lots of New Jersey news.
Read MoreThe Week in TOD News October 26 – November 1, 2019
Central NJ infrastructure improvements, Bayonne MOTBY projects, Next steps for North Brunswick Station, Spotlights on Rutherford and Harrison. Affordable housing adjacent the Harlem African Burial Grounds, above San Francisco’s bus yard, and in South Florida, BRT in Indianapolis, Chicago to look at last mile connections. Jarkarta as a multimodal modal, Chile protests fare increases, and Vienna’s livability secrets.
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Harrison TOD: Development Gathers Pace in Former “Beehive of Industry”
The Town of Harrison was once a manufacturing powerhouse known as the “Beehive of Industry.” Decades after the assembly lines fell silent, Harrison is once again alive with activity. Moving away from – but not forgetting – its industrial past, the town has embraced a vision of a walkable, mixed-use community with prime access to the region’s job market.
Read MoreThe Week in TOD News June 8-14, 2019
Proposed NJ-NY Gateway commission, Eastbound Harrison PATH reopens, Building boom impacts PATH ridership, JC plans “uber-style” transit, NJ TRANSITGRID gets FTA grant. Also Omaha wants TOD & affordable housing, “Overcrowd” station planning game, 9-county Bay Area transit planning project, Orange County, CA preps for 1st modern streetcar, TOD key to Ottawa, and Berlin’s new app for public & private transport options.
Read MoreThe Week in TOD News May 18-24, 2019
Harrison & Jersey City projects completed, NJDOT awards Transportation Alternatives grants, East Brunswick rethinks redevelopment plan, NY & NJ advance bus terminal plans. Also BRT for Madison WI, mixed-use in Charlotte, gaps in NOLA transit system, better health through better transit, new stations in Seattle & Toronto’s “least-used” Bessarion Station.
Read MoreThe Week in TOD News March 23-29, 2019
So much TOD news. In NJ, Harrison Yards opens near PATH, NJ Senate’s Main Street Assistance Program, NJ Future’s 2019 Smart Growth Awards, Hoboken’s alternative vehicle ordinance. In other news, NYC’s accessible sidewalks, Utah Transit Authority selects TOD sites, Atlanta Land Trust promotes housing affordability, Chicago RTA funds 9 projects, Pawtucket RI seeks eTOD housing, DDA’s fact-finding trip to Tokyo & Singapore, High Speed Two (UK) designs for now & future.
Read MoreThe Week in TOD News Nov 3-9, 2018
TOD News Briefs … ZEVs in Collingswood, multi-family housing in Harrison, and apartments and retail in Red Bank, plus news from Amazon, California, Decatur County GA, Hartford CT, and India.
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