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Strengths and Weakness of Bus in Relation to Transit Oriented Development

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Currie offers an assessment of the strengths and weakness of bus transit-oriented development (BTOD) and discusses the issues confronting BTOD...
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Towers Rise in Journal Square

The Jersey City Planning Board has granted site plan approval for two mixed-used towers adjacent to the Journal Square PATH station...
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Metuchen Takes its Next Step

Metuchen has received a Smart Future grant of $50,000 to continue its public outreach efforts in support of redevelopment...
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Cleveland Moves Forward with Bus-Supporting TOD

Cleveland has big plans for the Euclid Avenue Corridor that are anchored by the bus-rapid transit Euclid Corridor Transportation Project...
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NY Governor Creates Smart Growth Cabinet

Governor Eliot Spitzer has created a New York Smart Growth Cabinet to determine how best to discourage sprawl and promote smart land use practices...
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Beacon Embraces Transit-Oriented Development

The city of Beacon, located 60 miles north of New York City, continues with efforts to develop near its newly modernized rail station...
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Governor Corzine Signs Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act

Governor Jon Corzine has signed the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act to encourage redevelopment and job growth at locations served by transit...
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Redevelopment Plans for Beverly and Edgewater Park

Burlington County has produced a proposal to build new residential and commercial space near the Beverly/Edgewater Park RiverLine station...
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Somerville Plans Move Forward

Somerville has taken another step to develop the 160-acre landfill site near its Raritan Valley train station...
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Renewed Trenton Station Spurs Redevelopment

With funding from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Trenton has embarked on plans to redevelop the area around its train station...
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This Issue’s Focus: NJ Brownfield Redevelopment

Brownfields are abandoned, idled or underutilized industrial and commercial properties where redevelopment is complicated by contamination...
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Brownfield Resources and Outlook

The enactment of the Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act triggered the cleanup of problem sites all over the state...