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Human Services Plan Update Prioritizes Needs
The need for flexible travel services, centralized information, improved driver training, and safe and convenient access to destinations are among the greatest transportation needs identified for disadvantaged populations in the...
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Vibrant Places Program Accepting Applications
The NJTPA is accepting applications for the Vibrant Places Program. This program provides technical support for a range of creative placemaking projects that enable future place-based investments, complementing other local economic...
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Active Transportation Plan Sketches Regionwide Walking and Biking Network
The NJTPA just released an Active Transportation Plan to provide a blueprint for creating a “safe, comfortable, and connected network” for walking and biking in the northern and central New...
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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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