New Jersey adopted the 2025 State Development & Redevelopment Plan in December 2025 after years of planning and review. As a comprehensive statewide framework, the Plan covers economic development, natural resource preservation, urban growth, and infrastructure investment. Across these topics, the Plan consistently emphasizes transit-oriented and transit-friendly planning.
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People gravitate toward places that are enjoyable to use and easy to access. Placemaking helps create these environments through practices that attract diverse groups of people with different interests.
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Reducing car dependence could save $6.2 trillion • Rahway unveils new mural • DIY bus infrastructure • MA budget chief wants $1 billion for MBTA • BC’s oldest city gets new TOD
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NJ’s push to build ADUs ● Redevelopment of former Bayonne catholic school ● Charlotte NC approves new affordable housing ● Building apartments without parking in LA ● Montreal plans 20,000 housing units & tramway in carbon-neutral district
Read MoreTransit faces a protracted pandemic recovery, NJ announces its renewed UEZ program, and Copenhagen commences a new mixed-use, sustainable district.
Read MoreThe New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) announced the opening of the Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) 2022 Partner Application, an opportunity for municipalities and non-profits to receive assistance for neighborhood stabilization and revitalization.
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The City of Hackensack taps into the arts to plan an inclusive public space in a changing downtown.
Read MoreCOVID spurs the re-purposing of public space and real-time crowding data. Redevelopment projects in Ho-Ho-Kus and Kearny. Automated buses in Connecticut, BRT in Omaha, and more TOD. TODTOWN in Shanghai, Winnipeg gets its first TOD, and the 30-minute city.
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Placemaking in Transit-Friendly Downtowns
Friday, December 6, 2019 | 9:30-12:00 | New Brunswick, NJ
Weekly TOD news briefs. In NJ, the Princeton Dinky and Atlantic City Line return, politics in Gateway funding, Trenton Artwalk receives sustainability grant, Montclair rents soar. In other news, WMATA seeks joint developer for Huntington site, placemaking efforts around MD transit, Dallas residents protest bikesharing & Buenos Aires gets an elevated viaduct on the Tigre Line.
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