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TCRP Report 128: Effects of TOD on Housing, Parking, and Travel

Report link: Effects of TOD on Housing, Parking, and Travel

This new TCRP report attempts to clarify the relationship between livable communities and transit...

Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty

Report link: Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty

Post Carbon Cities provides a sobering view of the realities faced by local governments with fading energy supply and global climate change...

Morristown Projects Move Forward

Morristown will soon see the completion of two mixed-use projects, the Highlands at Morristown and the redevelopment of Epstein's Department Store...

California Enacts Smart Growth Bill

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law SB 375, declaring it an “historic state-local partnership” to fight suburban sprawl...

New Program: Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia

In July 2008, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission named 11 communities as inaugural members of the Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia...

Big Changes Planned for the Yonkers Waterfront

Yonkers Mayor Philip Amicone unveiled a revision of the Alexander Street Master Plan, part of the city’s effort to promote its downtown through TOD...

New Station and Construction to Begin at Wood-Ridge

The redevelopment of the former Curtiss-Wright aircraft factory site in Wood-Ridge has been progressing...

First Project at Secaucus Transit Village Complete

The Xchange at Secaucus Junction is the first project to be built within the Secaucus Transit Village Redevelopment Area...

New Jersey’s Urban Employment Centers Get a Boost

On January 13, Governor Jon Corzine signed the The Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act to encourage development around train stations...

Newark’s Plans for Broad Street Station District

New Jersey’s largest city, Newark, has embarked on an ambitious plan to capitalize on its recently improved transportation connections...

New Brunswick Continues to Grow

Development in downtown New Brunswick continues apace, despite the real estate market downturn...

Paterson Rediscovers Passenger Rail Station

Patterson is beginning to see its station as a hidden opportunity—one that had not previously received a great deal of attention...