Jersey City NJ – Page 14 – The Transit Friendly Planning Newsletter

NJ’s TOD happenings. Summit’s redevelopment proposal, Passaic to reclaim land of old freight line, Jersey City’s chain store limits under fire, and Berkeley Heights awarded SSTT grant. In other news. Baltimore Penn Station redevelopment agreement, eTOD in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh’s busways, mixed-use development in Phoenix, San Francisco’s Chase Center to limit parking, proposed hub at London’s Clapham Junction Station & “post-car” living in Barcelona.

TOD News Briefs

April 10, 2019February 12, 2024

The Week in TOD News March 30-April 5, 2019

NJ TOD news! NJT Hudson River tunnel contingency planning RFP, Gateway Devt Corp recruits repair expertise, Jersey City’s University Place fills last retail spot, Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment to begin, NJ EDA launches Small Business Lease Assistance program & NJT/Matawan seek redevelopment partners. Other TOD news! Baltimore’s efforts to rehab former black culture hub, Congestion pricing in NYC, Seattle’s “Tech-Train” TOD, What’s next for GoTriangle?, Malaysian Tech Hub & German parking-free neighborhood.

TOD News Briefs

March 20, 2019February 12, 2024

The Week in TOD News March 9–15, 2019

This week’s NJ TOD news… Jersey City loses No. 4 bus, owner offers Somerville Station for sale, state senator proposes one-seat ride legislation, NJ & NY lawmakers react to Gateway funding denial, and deal reached to keep Portal Bridge closed during rush hour. Also… amendments to CA Transit-Housing Bill, capping highways with parks in Atlanta, living near but not traveling by transit, Las Vegas TOD and TOD policy from Delhi, India

TOD News Briefs

January 30, 2019February 12, 2024

The Week in TOD News Jan 19-25, 2019

All the TOD news fit to share… NJ stories from Jersey City, Newark, and Plainfield, and other news from Kirkland WA, Los Angeles, Miami-Dade, North Carolina, Utah, Montreal and Bangkok.

TOD News Briefs

January 23, 2019February 12, 2024

The Week in TOD News Jan 12-18, 2019

In this week’s NJ TOD news… a designer selected for Jersey City’s Bayfront, development plans for Plainfield, new development in Somerville, and proposed tax incentives. Also news from Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, San Diego, San Jose, and Kempas, Malaysia.

TOD News Briefs

October 1, 2018February 12, 2024

New & Newsworthy: September 2018

NJTOD news from Hoboken, Jersey City, Metuchen, Montclair, Newark, New Brunswick, Somerville, and Woodbridge, as well as from across the country and from Sweden—affordable housing, parking, gentrification, changing retail, and more.

Features

August 10, 2018February 13, 2024

Public Spaces Add Vitality to Transit-Oriented Communities

Part 1 in our series on how public spaces contribute to transit-oriented community life where we discuss four ways that public spaces can make our lives better.

TOD News Briefs

March 2, 2016February 12, 2024

New and Newsworthy: January-February 2016

News on NJ Transit Villages, Jersey City redevelopment, reductions in driving, density as a tool to fight climate change & inequality, affordable housing in TOD, problems with too much parking, and the economic impacts of BRT.

TOD News Briefs

October 30, 2015

What We Are Reading: September-October 2015

The latest news on commuters to Panasonic in Newark, development in Bayonne, Camden, Hackensack, Jersey City, Metuchen, and Somerville as well as bus TOD in Pittsburgh, FTA planning projects, and much more.

TOD News Briefs

June 29, 2015

What We Are Reading: May-June 2015

News briefs on redevelopment in Jersey City, Newark, and Somerville as well as the reuse of suburban office parks, millennial settlement patterns, the decline of home ownership, reduced parking requirements in Minneapolis, and New Balance buying its own station in Boston.