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NJTPA Recruiting Young Adults for Advisory Group
The NJTPA is seeking young adults with ideas for how to improve transportation and make northern and central New Jersey a vibrant place where people want to live.Recruitment is underway...
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TMA Training Programs Enable Independent Transit Use
If you’re not a regular transit user, finding your way to a job or doctor’s appointment by bus or rail can be a daunting task. For older people or those...
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Main Avenue Planning Study in City of Passaic Garners Award
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects has recognized the Main Avenue Local Concept Development Study in the City of Passaic with a Merit Award. The...
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Study Recommends Building Rail Bypass to Eliminate Grade-Crossing in Bound Brook
Somerset County and the NJTPA recently completed a study that explored ways to eliminate an at-grade rail crossing on South Main Street in Bound Brook. The Port Reading Secondary Line...
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Study Proposes Replacing Rail Bridge, Realigning Intersection to Improve Safety
Morris County and the NJTPA recently completed a study that explored ways to improve truck movements and safety along Berkshire Valley Road in Roxbury Township. The study aimed to address two...
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Passaic Mayor Highlights Collaboration and Redevelopment
Something as simple as painting a crosswalk or putting up a stop sign might not seem like it matters very much in the scheme of things. But Passaic City Mayor...
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NJTPA Study Identifies 10 Freight Crossings in Need of Improvement
Bergen County is home to half of the freight rail grade crossings most in need of improvement, according to an updated study of crossings in the NJTPA’s 13-county region. Jakub...
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Passaic, Bergen Counties Celebrate Bridge Reopening
Officials from Bergen and Passaic County joined local, state, and federal representatives to cut the ribbon on the new Fair Lawn Avenue Bridge Monday. The project, which connects Fair Lawn in...
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Tech Tools for Planning Expo
The NJTPA’s 9th annual Tech Tools for Planning Expo on June 13 showcased the suite of dashboards used by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to manage...
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Port of New York and New Jersey Supports Over 563,000 Jobs, $15.7B in Tax Revenue
The Port Industry of New York and New Jersey accounted for nearly $15.7 billion in tax revenue, supported over 563,700 jobs, and was responsible for $47.2 billion in personal and...
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