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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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Workshop Offers Advice for Implementing Micromobility
Communities across New Jersey are exploring alternative modes of transportation to help residents and visitors get around without adding to congestion. But the addition of electric bicycles and scooters —...
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Freight Continues to Move through the Port Despite Challenges
Goods have continued to move through the port, helping supply the region and state with food and other essentials needed to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel of experts...
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Chair DeFillippo Discusses Pandemic’s Impact on Planning Work
The NJTPA has continued to work to advance transportation projects and programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. NJTPA Chair Kathryn DeFillippo, a Morris County freeholder, recognized this at Monday’s virtual Board...
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Webinars Feature Transportation Modeling Approaches from Around the Country
NJTPA staff hosted four webinars from mid-March to mid-April to hear from other MPOs around the country about their travel demand modeling experiences and approaches. The webinars were part of...
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Data Shows NJ Had Highest Initial Stay-at-Home Response in Nation
On March 21, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued a stay-at-home order for nearly all of the state's 9 million residents. In the week following, people took the order very...
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Committee Members Consider Pandemic’s Impact on Long-Range Plan
Will the increase in telework continue? How will shifts in commuting affect public transportation and downtowns? Will there need to be a shift away from office space? It is possible...
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