NJ News – Page 12 – The Transit Friendly Planning Newsletter

Since the spring 2003 opening of its NJ TRANSIT rail station, Union Township has worked steadily toward developing the area around the station.

Port Imperial: A World Class Planned Community Out of Reclaimed Brownfields

The 200-acre Port Imperial complex is just one of the many developments that have sprung up on New Jersey’s “gold coast” across from Manhattan.

Somerset Development is preparing to build Wesmont Station, a new “Traditional Neighborhood” project in Wood-Ridge.

On the rise since the mid-1980s and designated as a transit village in 2005, New Brunswick has become an attractive place to work, live and play.

In February 2007, Elizabeth joined an elite group of New Jersey municipalities when it became the 18th designated Transit Village.

In March 2007, New Jersey named its 19th Transit Village, Burlington City.

The West Windsor Township Council hired Hillier Architecture to guide redevelopment planning for the area surrounding the Princeton Junction Station.

The long-awaited start of the award-winning Liberty Harbor TOD project in Jersey City has finally happened.

Dover used a form-based code planning approach in its TOD-based planning effort in the area surrounding its train station.

Dover has declared a desire to redevelop and attract more businesses and housing, including the use of the Blackwell Historic District.