Posted on 01/30/2007 7:06:25 PM PST by Calpernia
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This is the first time I've heard of a "Transit Village" so I did a search on it and now I see why it's included in this story. It's all about money, as usual.
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/community/village/
I think this was originally part of 'MOM'. Monmouth Ocean Middlesex. That was introduced back in 2000.
thanks, keep up the good work.
Excerpt:
A good candidate should strive to minimize automobile use by maximizing the appeal of transit. One example of this is the
Check out the transit village 'criteria' link.
Transit Villages
Designated Transit Villages:
There are currently 17 designated Transit Villages. They are Pleasantville (1999), Morristown (1999), Rutherford (1999), South Amboy (1999), South Orange (1999), Riverside (2001), Rahway (2002), Metuchen (2003), Belmar (2003), Bloomfield (2003), Bound Brook (2003), Collingswood (2003), Cranford (2003) Matawan (2003), New Brunswick (2005), Journal Square/Jersey City (2005) and Netcong (2005).
State agencies that make up the Transit Village Task Force:
Along with NJDOT and NJ TRANSIT, there are nine other state agencies partners that make up the Transit Village Task Force. They are the Commerce and Economic Growth Commission, the Council on the Arts, the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Economic Development Authority, the Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, the Office of Smart Growth, Main Street New Jersey and the Redevelopment Authority.
The Transit Village Task Force meets quarterly. The Task Force members work together to direct state funding into the designated Transit Villages to help achieve the redevelopment goals of the municipality.
NJDOT's Transit Village funding:
Up to $1 million grants annually
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New Urban Livable Communities
TRANSIT VILLAGES are dense urban communities well served by transit and high quality train systems. They make it easy to live without a car - by riding transit and walking through pleasant urban environments. Transit Villages have active, vibrant, and strong neighborhood centers focused around transit.
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Transit Villages are the coming trend in community planning, and are welcomed by everyone as offering a higher quality of life for all.
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TRANSIT VILLAGES are a major solution to the serious and growing problems of peak oil and global warming by creating dense, walkable communities connected to a train line that greatly reduces the need for driving and the burning of fossil fuels.
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The transit village is a compact, mixed-use, walkable community, centered around the transit station that, by design, invites residents, workers, visitors, and shoppers to drive their cars less and ride mass transit more. Bernick and Cervero set forth certain criteria that should be followed when planning a transit village:
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ping and groan to 13.
It Takes a Transit Village
Excerpt:
A coalition of environmental, transit, and housing groups launched a new effort on November 12, 2004 to condition over $12 billion of new transit investments on cities approving significant housing and designing walkable communities around existing and future transit stations. Cities that want to continue putting big-box retail and regional malls in these Transit Opportunity Zones would no longer be eligible to receive regional funding for transit expansions, if the Metropolitan Transportation Commission agrees to the policy.
You peaking at my monitor Cagey????
I've had that doc on my screen most of the afternoon. I keep meaning to read it; but I've not been at my desk long enough to make my way through it.
I can't believe how little views this thread has gotten. You would think every freeper in NJ would be on here.
Thanks for the link:
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot5706.htm
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Launches New National Initiative to Tackle Highway, Freight and Aviation Congestion
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