Category Archives: Affordability
Does Mayor Lempert Really Think That Middle-Class Princeton Workers Should Live In Trenton??
Princeton is suffering an affordability crisis that has seen the town’s middle-class largely driven out in the face of high property prices and taxes. Even junior research staff at the University find it hard to justify the cost of living … Continue reading
Can You Bear To Read These Offensive NJ.com Blog Comments, Left After Affordable Housing Court Decision??
A key solution for Princeton’s ongoing traffic and parking challenges is to enable people to live closer to where they work, so that they have the option of walking or cycling instead of using a car. Sadly, Princeton has got … Continue reading
Parking Fiasco Exposes Princeton’s Failure To Add Needed Housing
Reporting from Planet Princeton this week exposed an extraordinary scam where employees at local businesses bypassed Princeton parking regulations by placing menus, coasters and receipts from their place of employment in their windshields. Apparently, local parking enforcement did not write … Continue reading
How Many Car-Free Households Are There In Princeton?
Two wheels is enough for lots of people in Princeton! (click to expand) Tomorrow, September 24, is Car-Free Day! Will you be leaving your car behind? Among the estimated 6,400 people who both live and work in Princeton, fewer than … Continue reading
More Details On Hillier’s Witherspoon Street Corridor Proposal
As we reported in July, the Studio Hillier architecture practice is seeking feedback on a proposal to update zoning along Witherspoon St to enhance this key Princeton corridor. Many of you will not have seen any details from Mr Hillier’s … Continue reading
Happy Labor Day! Here’s Something You Can Do For Princeton-Area Workers…
Happy Labor Day! While many of us spend the day relaxing or sales-shopping, Labor Day originally was about celebrating organized labor. For various reasons, only about 1 in 10 American workers is now a member of a labor union. What … Continue reading
Robert Hillier Seeks Feedback On Witherspoon Corridor Plan At Community Meeting
“Welcome, we’re delighted you came to our subterranean spy headquarters,” said former mayor Jim Floyd, welcoming attendees to a meeting of the Witherspoon-Jackson Neighbors group, held Saturday, July 27 in a disused squash court on the lower level of the … Continue reading
Princeton No Longer The Biggest Town In Mid-Central Jersey
Check out this photo of Princeton and Mercer County from the 1920s. Princeton is the only town in the area. It appears as a dense cluster of buildings (imagine how walkable it must have been!!!!) surrounded on every side by … Continue reading
Why Are Taxicabs So Expensive In Princeton?
A recent letter-writer to ‘Town Topics’ wrote of her experiences while visiting Princeton from England. Having stayed at a hotel on Route 206, just over the Princeton boundary, she was appalled when a taxi ride of 3 miles cost $28 … Continue reading
Promoting And Strengthening A Walkable Princeton
Tonight is a special moment for ‘Walkable Princeton’! For the first time (hopefully the first of many times!) our team will be getting together with local residents and members of the community to discuss walkability. We will be at Clocktower … Continue reading
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