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Gentle Density and Missing Middle Housing in New Jersey

Report Link: Gentle Density and Missing Middle Housing in New Jersey

NJ TRANSIT’s Transit Friendly Planning (TFP) program released Gentle Density and Missing Middle Housing in New Jersey: A Guide for New Jersey Communities in September 2024, providing municipalities with guidance on how to implement gentle density and expand missing middle housing.

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Housing

(Overlooked) Association Between Express Bus Station / Stop Proximity and Multifamily Rents with a Surprise About Transit Mode Synergism and Implications for Transit and Land Use Planning

Report link: (Overlooked) Association Between Express Bus Station / Stop Proximity and Multifamily Rents with a Surprise About Transit Mode Synergism and Implications for Transit and Land Use Planning
Researchers examine the economic relationship between express bus stops and land value.

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Financing & EconomicsHousing

How Residential and Commercial Property Values Rise in Transit Sheds

Resource Link: The Real Estate Mantra – Locate Near Public Transportation by the American Public Transportation Association

This study reveals that it is getting increasingly expensive to live near public transit. As more and more cities invest in mixed-use developments, house prices and rents within a half-mile of transit facilities are increasing at a faster rate than those in neighborhoods farther away.

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Development & RedevelopmentFinancing & EconomicsHousing

Rutgers Regional Report: The ‘Burbs’ Bounce Back: ‘Trendlet’ or ‘Dead Cat Bounce’?

Report link: Rutgers Regional Report: The ‘Burbs’ Bounce Back: ‘Trendlet’ or ‘Dead Cat Bounce’?
A 2018 Rutgers Regional Report examines whether a recent increase in suburban population in the New York metropolitan region is an irregularity or a notable shift from a larger, post-2010 reurbanization trend.

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