NJ Keeps Climbing the Bike-Friendly Podium
NJ has been making great strides toward bike-ability in recent years, and was recently ranked 8th in the nation for bicyclists according to the American Bicyclists. It was New Jersey’s best showing in...
View ArticleHoboken: Car-Share Hero
A vehicle from Hertz's Connect car-sharing service. The first of 42 “Corner Cars” roll onto the streets of Hoboken this Wednesday, kicking off what city officials say is the nation’s first city-wide...
View ArticleNJ Turnpike’s Air Quality Plan: Turn Carpool Lanes Into Regular Ones, Build...
Interchange 11 connects the NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway. Yesterday MTR obtained a copy of a letter sent to NJDOT Commissioner Jim Simpson from the NJ Turnpike Authority earlier this month,...
View ArticleNJ Transit Village Program Still Going Strong
Montclair and Somerville are New Jersey’s newest Transit Villages, the NJDOT announced last week. The towns are the 21st and 22nd to receive the designation, which allows them to apply for $100,000...
View ArticleReworking Newark
Reworked Newark plans Taking to the streets with cameras and imagination, 45 Newark high school interns participated in a two-day exercise with TSTC to re-envision downtown Newark as a “great place”...
View ArticleBudget Cuts Forcing NJ Kids to Take a Hike – to Their Benefit?
The economic crisis has forced municipalities across the region to make painful service cuts, but when it comes to school bus reductions, there might be a silver lining. New Jersey schools are not...
View ArticleGov. Christie: Committed to ARC (Well, He Was in April At Least)
On April 6, 2010, NJ Governor Chris Christie sent the following letter to USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood after the two met to discuss the Access to the Region’s Core project. It speaks for itself. Given...
View ArticleTo Gov. Christie Go ARC’s Meager Spoils
Borrowing against the toll revenue which would have been used to fund ARC would result in a capital plan about half the size of 2010's if the funding was spread out over 3 years -- or a plan one-third...
View ArticleWith Common-Sense Reforms, Hoboken Becoming an NJ Model
Over the past year, Hoboken has jumped to the head of the pack when it comes to transportation reform in New Jersey cities. Motivated by practical concerns like parking, congestion, and fiscal sanity,...
View ArticleNJTransit, we
NJ Transit's "My Bus" website allows riders to see the closest bus stops to a given address. “Where’s my bus?” The answer to that question is getting considerably easier for thousands of New Jersey bus...
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