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As we reported last week, NJDOT’s proposed fiscal year 2012 Capital Plan currently eliminates all funding for New Jersey’s Transit Village program; however, there may be a glimmer of hope that the money for this program will be reinstated. Prompted by NJ Future during an April 7 roundtable discussion at TransAction, a statewide transportation [...] A grant program to help municipalities plan around transit will include towns on the Hartford-New Britain Busway. Pictured is an early concept for transit-oriented development on Ann Street in Hartford near Union Station, where the busway will stop. CT Governor Dan Malloy went to bat for transportation during his administration’s first Bond Commission [...] Town of Babylon planners presented on "low-impact development" strategies that respect the environmental issues in Wyandanch, NY. In 2009, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and members of the One Region funders’ collaborative awarded grants to municipalities in the tri-state area that promised innovative approaches to transit-centered development. Last Tuesday, the recipients showcased the fruits of [...] Xanadu. NJBIZ reports that the troubled Xanadu mega-mall planned for the Meadowlands may be getting even bigger, quoting a “key insider.” “Plans are to have as much parking as possible on the east side of Route 120,” according to the article. New developer Triple Five reportedly believes that at 2.2 million square feet, [...] Transit and freight rail can be powerful tools for development. Seeking to maximize those tools, NJ in 2008 established the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit, which provides tax credits for businesses that use freight rail and those that develop housing, plan large expansions, or relocate within a half-mile of transit hubs in nine cities. [...] Earlier this week, TSTC sent a letter to Governor-Elect Cuomo outlining transportation priorities for 2011 and beyond. Many items fit directly into his campaign promises of encouraging smart growth, reforming government, expanding transit, and encouraging biking and walking. With the state funding crisis in mind, the letter is focused on maintaining transit funding and [...] 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 [...] The Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Priority Act (A8011B/S5560B), which directs New York state agencies to make their infrastructure spending decisions in accordance with smart growth principles, was signed into law by Gov. Paterson on Monday. The law was a priority for Vision Long Island, Empire State Future, TSTC, and other transportation and planning groups, [...] A partnership between federal transportation and housing agencies has so far rewarded transit projects that support efficient land use, such as a bus hub in Connecticut's Storrs Center, a new town center in Manfield. On Tuesday, the Livable Communities Act (S 1619 / HR 4690) was passed out of the Senate Banking Committee [...] Last year, Gov. Paterson vetoed NYSDOT’s proposed five-year capital program, calling the $25.8 billion plan “unaffordable” given the state’s fiscal condition. In his budget, he proposed a two-year, $7 billion program instead. Last week, NYSDOT showed what that bare-bones plan would look like, releasing a new draft that cuts a promising smart growth program. [...] |
 
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