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.
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Jersey City NJ
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.
Read MoreWhat 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.
Read MoreWhat 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.
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Coworking Adds Flexible Office Space to Transit-Rich Locations
A recent trend in office space, known as coworking, could potentially help transit-oriented developments increase diversity of uses among their mixed-use structures.
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New Jersey’s Urban Employment Centers Get a Boost
On January 13, Governor Jon Corzine signed the The Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act to encourage development around train stations.
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Towers Rise in Journal Square
The Jersey City Planning Board has granted site plan approval for two mixed-used towers adjacent to the Journal Square PATH station.
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First Phase of Liberty Harbor, Jersey City, Now Under Construction
The long-awaited start of the award-winning Liberty Harbor TOD project in Jersey City has finally happened.
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TOD on the Other Side of Jersey City: West Side Avenue Station
In Jersey City, three blocks from the West Side Avenue Station, new townhomes and lofts are being built by Centex Homes.
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Transit Village Update: New Transit Villages Named!
On February 15, 2005 New Brunswick and Journal Square in Jersey City, were designated as New Jersey’s newest Transit Villages.
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