The Week in TOD News April 11-17, 2026
High-rise transit hub bill in CA • Jersey City office-to-residential TOD • Boston funds housing • 2nd Ave Subway advances • Behind Japan’s transit success
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Author: Matt Bond
The New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan (2025): A Transit-Friendly Perspective
New Jersey adopted the 2025 State Development & Redevelopment Plan in December 2025 after years of planning and review. As a comprehensive statewide framework, the Plan covers economic development, natural resource preservation, urban growth, and infrastructure investment. Across these topics, the Plan consistently emphasizes transit-oriented and transit-friendly planning.
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Creating Quality, Transit-Oriented Places in New Jersey
People gravitate toward places that are enjoyable to use and easy to access. Placemaking helps create these environments through practices that attract diverse groups of people with different interests.
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S.B. 79: Moving Towards Transit-Oriented Housing in California
California’s S.B. 79 shows how statewide TOD zoning standards can help increase housing capacity near transit through clean density rules and streamlined approvals, offering a useful model for evaluating how policy affects transit-oriented housing production.
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From Challenge to Resilience: The Evolution of NJ TRANSIT Funding and a Roadmap to a Reliable Future
Report Link: From Challenge to Resilience: The Evolution of NJ TRANSIT Funding and a Roadmap to a Reliable Future
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) has released a new report examining the history of public transit funding in New Jersey and its lasting implications for system performance today. Sponsored by NJ TRANSIT, the report documents how past funding decisions have shaped the agency’s current operations and future opportunities.
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The Week in TOD News January 17-23, 2026
Bill to unlock TOD • Newark AirTrain upgrade • Housing + transit bills in CO • Seattle’s light rail growth • Global transit projects
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The Week in TOD News January 10-16, 2026
Path to World-Class US Transit • Perth Amboy waterfront TOD • Plan for housing affordability • CT’s transit resurgence • Value Capture in Andhra Pradesh (India)
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Bus Transit Villages: Driving Development Beyond the Rails
While rail stations get the spotlight, New Jersey’s bus terminals are the real engines of urban growth. This look at four “Bus Transit Villages” shows how high-frequency service is transforming downtowns and expanding housing access statewide.
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2025: An Award-Winning Year for Transit Friendly Planning
As we enter 2026, we’re celebrating a landmark year for NJ TRANSIT’s Transit Friendly Planning (TFP) program. Throughout 2025, the program advanced the future of New Jersey’s communities by merging technical research with robust public engagement.
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The Week in TOD News December 27, 2025-January 2, 2026
NJ updates state plan • US court to review NJ affordable housing law • NY funds $700M for affordable housing • Brownfield TOD in Hawaii • Indonesia to establish housing agency
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