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The Collingswood bike share is one of several in New Jersey | Photo: collingswood.com Last week, Red Bank, New Jersey took an important step towards implementing the Jersey Shore’s first bike share program, a rental system that makes bikes available for short distance trips. Red Bank is just one of many New Jersey municipalities [...] NJ Transit's Scorecard survey results were released recently. The third time’s a charm, but not for NJ Transit. Customer satisfaction was down slightly in the system’s third quarterly Scorecard survey. On a 1-10 scale, overall customer satisfaction was down from 5.3 to 5.1, an outcome that NJ Transit classifies as “satisfactory.” Some 17,000 [...] A proposed Hudson-Bergen Light Rail extension could go as far north as Tenafly | Map: NJ Transit Four public hearings were held last week on the long-awaited draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for a proposed Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) extension. The DEIS proposes to extend the HBLR, which currently operates in Hudson County [...] Photo: Accretion Disc On January 5th, the NJDOT made West Windsor the 24th Transit Village in New Jersey. In designating West Windsor as a Transit Village, the NJDOT officially ”recognizes and supports the municipality’s efforts to create mixed-use development within walking distance of NJ TRANSIT’s Princeton Junction train station.” “The whole idea is [...] Governor Christie (photo: IowaPolitics.com) 2011 won’t be remembered as a good year for smart growth legislation in New Jersey. Environmentalists are currently fighting the Legislature’s most recent assault on smart growth—S3156/A4335 (Sarlo/Couhtino)—which simultaneously encourages sprawl development and threatens the state’s drinking water. The legislation delays implementation of the state’s Water Quality Management Plan [...] NJ's lame duck legislature is still hard at work. Photo: runran As New Jersey’s lame duck legislature hobbles towards January, there are still a few important items on their agenda: In late August, Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) introduced a resolution to combat a proposed rule change that could weaken environmental protections in the state. [...] Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer and others open the Garden Street Mews. A ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday marked the opening of Garden Street Mews — Hoboken’s first pedestrian street, and only the second of its kind in New Jersey, according to the city. Mayor Dawn Zimmer was joined by president of Bijou Properties Larry Bijou, architect Dean [...] Every district in the State Legislature is up for grabs on Nov. 8. With every seat in the NJ State Legislature up for grabs in the Nov. 8 election, Tri-State Transportation Campaign assembled a brief survey to get a feel for where each candidate stands on transportation and land use issues in NJ. [...] NJ Transit wants to hear from riders. As part of its ”Year of the Customer,” the agency has been rolling out efforts to acquire feedback from its customers. To complement the “SCORE Card” initiative, NJ Transit is holding public forums “to hear about your experiences.” According to the agency, “the forums will give customers the opportunity to [...] |
 
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