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TSTC Executive Director Veronica Vanterpool (left) and New York City Council Member Letitia James (right) spoke at Tuesday’s release of BK Gateway Transportation Vision at DeKalb Station in Brooklyn. | Photo: Ryan Lynch Population and transit ridership have skyrocketed over the last twenty years in Brooklyn, but the New York City Departments of [...] The Huntington Condos, a multifamily development in Hoboken, NJ. | Image: livingonthehudson.com Millennials, the generation now in their 20s and early 30s, may be driving consumer and livability trends, but one thing they’re not driving is cars. And while that’s undoubtedly changed the conversation nationally about transportation, it appears to also be having [...] Rendering of American Dream Meadowlands | Image: www.americandream.com Editor’s Note: East Rutherford passed a budget last night with a 17% municipal tax hike (or an average $400 property tax increase) to cover the financial hole left by NJSEA. While construction on American Dream Meadowlands is not slated to begin any time soon, the megamall is [...] Yesterday's Transit Village designation announcement lays the groundwork to encourage new businesses and residents to locate to Dunellen’s downtown, a short walk from the Dunellen train station. Yesterday, at a press conference on the platform of the Dunellen, New Jersey rail station, New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno officially announced that the Borough of Dunellen has become the 26th [...] With the shovels still dirty from CTfastrak’s recent groundbreaking and the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield rail line on target for completion in 2016, Connecticut has significant opportunities to implement transit-oriented development in coming years. To help the state maximize this potential, Connecticut’s Partnership for Strong Communities is hosting a forum on transit-oriented development on June 15th at 9am. The [...] http://www.vimeo.com/33369005 States and municipalities across the tri-state region have rediscovered the many benefits of sustainable development in recent years, which include reduced auto dependency, cleaner air, economic growth, and more. Now, a 4-hour television series is taking an in-depth look at another reason to create sustainable communities [...] Like many other U.S. cities that have experienced significant industrial decline, high rates of poverty and racial and ethnic segregation, Camden is often presented as a virtual “lost cause.” Negative coverage of the city has only intensified since it was forced to lay off nearly half of its police officers and a third of its firefighters [...] The area targeted for development in New Haven. Two highway removal projects in the region got a boost of federal funds today. USDOT announced that New Haven’s Route 34 and the South Bronx’s Sheridan Expressway will receive $16 million and $1.5 million respectively to advance plans to convert these underutilized highway corridors into [...] 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” for residents and visitors. The exercise is a result of an on-going partnership with the Greater Newark Conservancy’s Newark Youth Leadership Project. [...] Property values are higher in areas where it's easy to walk to shops and schools. Walkable neighborhoods translate directly into higher home prices, according to a new report from the business group CEOs for Cities. The researchers studied real estate listings in 15 metropolitan areas and found a positive relationship between a home’s [...] |
 
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