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Planning for Transit-Friendly Land Use: A Handbook for New Jersey Communities

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This handbook is designed to help planning officials, planning and zoning boards and communities create successful TOD environments...
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Transit Village Update: New Transit Villages Named!

On February 15, 2005 New Brunswick and Journal Square in Jersey City, were designated as New Jersey’s newest Transit Villages...
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Somerset County Plans for TOD

Somerset County will soon complete work on a transit-oriented development study to help municipalities to effectively implement TOD planning...
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Smart Commute Mortgages Make Housing Near Transit a Smart Choice

NJ TRANSIT has introduced the New Jersey Statewide Smart Commute Initiative to encourage residents to consider homeownership options near transit...
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Emerging European-Style Planning in the US: Transit-Oriented Development

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The authors argues that the New Jersey Transit Village Initiative is an example of a new role for state planning in the United States...