NJ News – Page 8 – The Transit Friendly Planning Newsletter

The Delaware River Port Authority presented its recommendations in May for introducing a PATCO light rail service between Camden and Glassboro.

Cranford Advances Riverfront Project

The township of Cranford has been focusing on downtown issues for over two decades since it gained the downtown Special Improvement District.

Located across the Passaic River from Newark, the town of Harrison’s past and future is intrinsically linked to its public transit accessibility.

Redevelopment plans for the former landfill site near Somerville’s Raritan Valley Line station have been delayed, a victim of economic uncertainty.

The New Jersey Department of Transportation recently awarded its first Safe Streets to Transit grants to 15 communities.

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.

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.

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

Morristown will soon see the completion of two mixed-use projects, the Highlands at Morristown and the redevelopment of Epstein’s Department Store.

The redevelopment of the former Curtiss-Wright aircraft factory site in Wood-Ridge has been progressing.