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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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NJTPA Board Approves $96 Million for Safety Projects
The NJTPA Board of Trustees approved more than $96 million in federal funding for safety improvements to roads and intersections across the region at its meeting Monday. The funding is...
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Symposium Explores Adapting to Dramatic Changes Underway in Transportation
The pandemic has drastically changed travel, with 42 percent of people working remotely rather than commuting. This shift will have lasting and profound impacts on transportation that must be considered...
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Plan 2050 Background Paper Calls for Enhanced Walking and Biking
Improving “active transportation”—people’s ability to walk and bike—offers economic, health and environmental benefits to the region, according to a new paper published by the NJTPA.The NJTPA is publishing a series...
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Workshop Calls for Expanding Truck Parking Needed for Critical Freight Movement
During the pandemic, truck drivers have been designated as essential workers and even hailed as heroes for keeping store shelves stocked and making life under quarantine possible. Can this goodwill...
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Grants Available for Transportation Alternatives Projects
The New Jersey Department of Transportation, in partnership with NJTPA, is accepting applications for Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program funding. This program provides federal funds for non-traditional transportation related projects designed...
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Accepting Applications for TNJ Local Technical Assistance
The NJTPA is accepting proposals for the FY 2021 Together North Jersey Local Technical Assistance program. Through this program, the Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University (VTC) will provide technical...
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2050 Forecast Projects 16 Percent Growth in Domestic Freight
By 2050, domestic freight moving into, out of and within the NJTPA region is expected to increase by 16 percent from an estimated 372 million tons in 2020, to 431...
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Board Explores Region’s Strengths and Opportunities for Plan 2050
Members of the NJTPA Board weighed in on priorities for Plan 2050: Transportation, People, Opportunity, the agency’s next Long Range Transportation Plan, at their July 13 meeting. Following a robust...
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