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NJTPA Contest Asks Kids to Share Their Vision of Transportation in the Future

The NJTPA launched a contest today for children ages 9 to 15 as part of its ongoing outreach for its next long-range transportation plan, Plan 2050: Transportation, People, Opportunity. Thirty years from...

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Symposium Explores Ways Transportation Can Create Economic Opportunity

Transportation is an “essential building block of the American economy,” Robert Puentes, CEO and President of the Eno Center Transportation, said during his keynote speech at the NJTPA’s recent symposium,...

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Upcoming Outreach Events for Plan 2050

Plan to participate in the following events for Plan 2050, including a symposium and Let’s Talk listening sessions which are drop-in events—join whenever you can, and stay as long as...

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New Jersey Faces Difficult Recovery with Structural Changes, Economist Tells NJTPA

New Jersey faces a long, slow recovery from the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Rutgers University economist Dr. James W. Hughes said during a presentation at the...

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Cover page of Plan 2050 background paper, Climate Change and Transportation.

Plan 2050 Background Paper Details NJTPA’s Commitment to Combat Climate Change

Rising sea levels and more extreme weather patterns that increase flooding are among the climate change impacts of great concern to North Jersey communities. The NJTPA’s plans and programs can...

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Happy Holidays—2021 NJTPA Meetings Calendar

Download a copy of the calender here. 

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Symposium Highlights Transportation System Equity Challenges, Opportunities

Longstanding inequities in transportation systems and related investments will be challenging to overcome.  But doing so is critical to support more inclusive communities, better transportation access, improved health, and more...

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Metropolitan Area Planning Forum Addresses Post-Pandemic Changes

Planning for transportation in a “post-pandemic world” was the focus of presentations and discussions at the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum December 4.NJTPA Executive Director Mary...

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Plan 2050 Background Paper Points to Promise of Transportation Technology

Within the next decade, connected and automated vehicles could make the transportation system much safer and dramatically more efficient. But the NJTPA and other agencies must guide how such new...

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NJTPA Funds Clean Air Projects

Highlands Rail Trail, Passaic CountyAir quality in North Jersey will be improved thanks to $22.4 million in projects approved by the NJTPA Board at its November 9 meeting. The projects...

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