NJ News – Page 9 – The Transit Friendly Planning Newsletter

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.

Mixed-Use and Arts Come to East Orange

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.

The Xchange at Secaucus Junction is the first project to be built within the Secaucus Transit Village Redevelopment Area.

New Jersey’s largest city, Newark, has embarked on an ambitious plan to capitalize on its recently improved transportation connections.

Development in downtown New Brunswick continues apace, despite the real estate market downturn.

Patterson is beginning to see its station as a hidden opportunity—one that had not previously received a great deal of attention.

Efforts are underway to capitalize on the $75 million Trenton station improvement project that is scheduled for completion this summer.