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Children Share Visions for Future of Transportation
Imagine a cleaner and more efficient transportation future in which sustainable energy sources power vehicles that drive by themselves or fly, high-speed trains levitate, and personal mobility proliferates with high-tech...
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Second Round of Complete Streets Technical Assistance Program Wraps Up
The NJTPA recently concluded the second round of its Complete Streets Technical Assistance Program. Staff presented on the program at the joint meeting of the Planning & Economic Development and...
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Making a Positive Difference in Digital Accessibility
The NJTPA is committed to ensuring everyone has equal access to our planning projects and programs, regardless of ability or the language they speak. To make our website more accessible, we...
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Fanwood, Hackensack selected for Transit Hub Planning Program
A team of planners from the NJTPA and American Planning Association’s New Jersey Chapter (APA-NJ) are working with the Borough of Fanwood and City of Hackensack to develop transit hub...
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COVID Crisis Alters Regional Freight System, NJTPA Report Says
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted North Jersey’s freight system, but the public and private sectors drew on lessons from previous disruptions to rapidly restore effective operations. Now they must turn to adapting the...
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Changes in Washington Could Boost Infrastructure Funding
Infrastructure could benefit from a swirl of changes taking place in Washington, D.C., according to Erich Zimmermann, Deputy Director of the National Association of Regional Council (NARC). Zimmermann, who is...
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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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