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Development Newsletter
VTC produces an electronic newsletter highlighting new ideas,
projects and initiatives in the field of Transit-Oriented
Development both nationally and in New Jersey.
Current Issue: Vol. 4, No. 1 (January 2008) click here
Previous
Issues:
Vol. 3, No. 2 (July 2007) click here
Vol. 3, No. 1 (April 2007) click here
Vol. 2, No. 2 (November 2006) click here
Vol. 2, No. 1 (May 2006) click here
Vol. 1, No. 2 (November 2005) click here
Vol. 1, No. 1 (May 2005) click here |
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New Jersey Transit Village Initiative
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Overview
The New Jersey Department of Transportation
has asked VTC to evaluate all 19 Transit Villages through
2008 to determine their success in attracting new development
and redevelopment in accord with Smart Growth principles.
What is the New Jersey Transit Village Initiative?
The Transit Village Initiative is
an innovative program that seeks to revitalize and grow
selected communities with transit as an anchor. Seventeen
Transit Villages have been designated to date in New
Jersey. Although the initiative is staffed and directed
by the NJDOT, a Task
Force of multiple state agencies meets
regularly to guide the effort.... (more) |
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Transit Villages - 2006-2007 Municipal Reporting
Form
(Click here
for fill-in PDF version)
2006 New Jersey Transit Village Initiative Evaluation
Final Reports |
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"Evaluating the New
Jersey Transit Village Initiative"
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"Transit Village Monitoring
Research"
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1st Generation Transit Villages (7):
Morristown, Pleasantville, Rahway, Riverside, Rutherford,
South Amboy, South Orange
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2nd Generation Transit Villages (9):
Belmar, Bloomfield, Bound Brook, Collingswood, Cranford,
Journal Square, Matawan, Metuchen, New Brunswick
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Executive Summary (pdf)
Literature Review (pdf)
Demographics (pdf)
Public Opinion Survey Results (pdf)
Economic Activity (pdf)
Success Factors, Obstacles and Recommendations (pdf)
Recommendations for Assessment and Accountability (pdf)
Grant Maps (pdf)
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Executive Summary (pdf)
Literature Review (pdf)
Demographics (pdf)
Commercial Survey (pdf)
Residential Survey (pdf)
Building Permit Data (pdf)
Connectivity Measures (pdf)
Assessed Value Data (pdf)
Municipal Report: Pilot Results (pdf)
Pedestrian Shed Maps (pdf)
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Transit Village Symposium:
"Progress
and Future" |
On
Friday, June 9, 2006, more than 150 invited leaders from the
public sector, private industry and non-governmental organizations
gathered in New Brunswick to take stock of New Jersey’s
effort to support the Transit Village Initiative. The
symposium was sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Transportation
with support from the New Jersey State League of Municipalities.
To download any of the conference presentations
(audio/video), conference photos and a summary report, click here. |
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Somerset County TOD Plan wins NJAPA
award |
The plan “TOD
Opportunities in Somerset County, New Jersey” was awarded the New Jersey chapter of the American Planning
Association (NJAPA) Outstanding Planning Implementation Award.
This plan, profiled in Volume
1, Number 1 of Transit-Friendly
Development, was a collaborative effort
led by Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC with assistance from
Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates and the Alan M. Voorhees
Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers University. The document
presented an analysis of opportunities for transit-oriented
development in Somerset County. In direct consultation with
county residents, the team produced station-area plans and
implementation strategies for three locations along NJ TRANSIT's
Raritan Valley Line. These conceptual visions for sites located
in Bound Brook, Branchburg and Somerville provide a guide
for municipalities to effectively implement TOD planning at
the local level, focusing particularly on design, regulatory
policy and financial strategies.
Link to the full report here |
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TOD Library
Communicating the Benefits of TOD: The City of Evanston's Transit Oriented Redevelopment and The Hudson Bergen Light Rail Transit System (2006) -- click here for executive summary
By Cali Gorewitz and Gloria Ohland, Reconnecting America’s Center for Transit-Oriented Development,
Carrie Makarewicz and Albert Benedict, Center for Neighborhood Techology and
Dr. Jan Wells and Martin Robins, Voorhees Transportation Center
(Prepared for the US EPA's Development, Community and Environment Division)
Housing
Diversity and Affordability in New Jersey's Transit Villages (2006)
By Dorothy Morallos
(Mabel Smith Honors Thesis, Douglass College, Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey)
Transit-Oriented Development: Developing a Strategy to Measure
Success (2005)
By John L. Renne and Jan S. Wells
(Research Results Digest 294, National Cooperative Highway
Research Program)
Emerging European-Style Planning in the US: Transit-Oriented
Development (2004)
By Jan S. Wells and John L. Renne
An article published in World Transport Policy & Practice.
Planning
for Transit-Friendly Land Use: A Handbook for New Jersey Communities (1994)
By NJ TRANSIT |
