Metuchen NJ – NJTOD

The Week in TOD News March 21-27, 2020

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo active transportation, Adaptive reuse, Financing, first-mile last-mile, form-based code, Hoboken NJ, India, Metuchen NJ, Miami FL, opportunity zones, pandemic, Rahway NJ, rail trail, ridership, Somerville NJ, student housing

NJ TOD work continues with a property sale in Metuchen, construction in Somerville, a project completion in Rahway, and progress in Hoboken. Also meeting Opportunity Zones challenges, TOD student housing in Miami, a 19-mile multi-use trail in Denton, Texas, learning to understand and address pandemics, and form-based code in India.

Featured photo. MDA Downtown Loves Dads, June 15, 2019. Photo Credit: Lauren Beischer Photography https://www.downtownmetuchen.org/downtown-loves-dads-photos-june-15-2019/#jp-carousel-16582

Features Practitioner Spotlight

Transformation Strategies Yield Results for Downtown Metuchen

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo guest article, Main Street, Metuchen NJ, Transformation Strategies, Transit Village

Guest contributor, Isaac D. Kremer, Executive Director, Metuchen Downtown Alliance, discusses how Metuchen has harnessed the Main Street New Jersey (MSNJ) program and its transformation strategies to bolster transit-oriented development.

TOD News Briefs

New & Newsworthy: September 2018

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, BART, Bay Street Station, Buffalo NY, Charles Latini, gentrification, Grow New Jersey, Hackensack NJ, Hoboken NJ, Houston TX, Jersey City NJ, Los Angeles CA, Metuchen NJ, millennials, Montclair NJ, Nashville TN, New Brunswick NJ, Newark NJ, NJEDA, Orangetown NY, parking, Retail, Somerville NJ, Stockholm, Stony Brook NY, Tacoma WA, WMATA, Woodbridge NJ

NJTOD news from Hoboken, Jersey City, Metuchen, Montclair, Newark, New Brunswick, Somerville, and Woodbridge, as well as from across the country and from Sweden—affordable housing, parking, gentrification, changing retail, and more.

Features National TOD News

Creating Public Spaces for Transit-Oriented Communities

August 12, 2018October 1, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo Community Planning Assistance Program, funding, incentive zoning, Metuchen NJ, Military Park, Newark, Newark NJ, placemaking, public engagement, public spaces, San Francisco CA, shared streets, Somerville NJ

This is Part 2 of our series on how public spaces contribute to transit-oriented community life. Here we will discuss

TOD News Briefs

What We Are Reading: September-October 2015

October 30, 2015August 27, 2018 Stephanie DiPetrillo Bayonne NJ, FTA, Hackensack NJ, Hudson Bergen Light Rail, Jersey City NJ, Metuchen NJ, multifamily housing, Newark NJ, No. 7 Subway, office, Panasonic, PILOT, Pittsburgh PA, Somerville NJ

The latest news on commuters to Panasonic in Newark, development in Bayonne, Camden, Hackensack, Jersey City, Metuchen, and Somerville as well as bus TOD in Pittsburgh, FTA planning projects, and much more.

Transit Village Update

Metuchen Takes its Next Step

January 25, 2008August 21, 2018 Steph_Admin Issue 7, Metuchen NJ, public outreach

Metuchen has received a Smart Future grant of $50,000 to continue its public outreach efforts in support of redevelopment.