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Somerville Landfill Redevelopment Stalled by Recession; Downtown Somerville Awarded Improvement Loan

Redevelopment plans for the former landfill site near Somerville’s Raritan Valley Line station have been delayed, a victim of economic uncertainty...
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Communities Advance Safe Streets to Transit Projects

The New Jersey Department of Transportation recently awarded its first Safe Streets to Transit grants to 15 communities...
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The Case for Sustainability Through Transit-Oriented Development

Sustainability through TOD means reducing auto dependency, restoring transit infrastructure, and recycling urban land...
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Transit-Oriented Housing – Shelter in a Storm?

Despite the ongoing housing slump (and the economic collapse), inner-ring towns with rail service to New York City have outpaced the overall market...
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Transit Terminal Anchors Camden Redevelopment

The Walter Rand Transportation Center shows promise as an anchor of development in a city regarded as the poster child for the state’s urban woes...
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Mixed-Use and Arts Come to East Orange

Among Orange's assets is the city’s two rail stations located one mile apart on the Morris & Essex Line, Brick Church and East Orange...
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Mixed-Use Projects Continue in Rahway

Over the past several years, Rahway has undertaken an intensive effort to attract new residential and commercial development to its downtown...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...