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Transit Village Update 

Planning & Engagement Advance Somerville’s Goals

August 6, 2018August 6, 2018 Stephanie DiPetrillo Brownfields, complete streets, pedestrian street, shared street, Somerville NJ, visioning

Years of planning and public engagement have contributed to Somerville’s resurgence—a pedestrian street, new businesses, and new housing all bring a new vibrancy to its downtown.

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NJ TOD News 

Garwood – Moving from Industry to TOD

July 22, 2011August 13, 2018 Steph_Admin Garwood, Issue 14, redevelopment, visioning

A former industrial city, Garwood is trying to outgrow that past by redeveloping old industrial sites near its NJ Transit station and bus service.

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Features National TOD News 

Battling Sprawl in Tysons Corner, Virginia

May 23, 2009April 19, 2019 Steph_Admin Issue 10, sprawl, Tyson's Corner VA, visioning

Tysons Corner, Virginia, has launched effort to retrofit its sprawling landscape into a more dense environment that could serve as a national model.

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Features NJ TOD News 

Utilizing a Form-Based Planning Approach in Dover, New Jersey

November 29, 2006August 16, 2018 Steph_Admin consensus building, Dover NJ, form-based code, Heyer Gruel and Associates, Issue 4, master plans, urban design, visioning

Dover used a form-based code planning approach in its TOD-based planning effort in the area surrounding its train station.

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Practitioner Spotlight 

Practitioner Spotlight: New Urbanist Firm Emphasizes Transit-Oriented Design

November 29, 2005August 17, 2018 Steph_Admin A. Nelessen Associates, Issue 2, New Urbanism, visioning

For the past two decades, A. Nelessen Associates in Belle Mead, NJ has been involved in projects utilizing transit-oriented urban design principles.

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NJ TOD News 

Princeton Junction Station Area Vision Plan

November 17, 2005August 23, 2018 Steph_Admin Issue 2, visioning, West Windsor NJ

NJ TRANSIT, the NJ Office of Smart Growth and West Windsor Township completed a Station Area Vision Plan for the Princeton Junction Station in June.

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