Category Archives: Affordability

Time For A Proper Public Consultation About The 369 Witherspoon Street Site

Posted on October 4, 2013 by walkableprinceton

The future of the 369 Witherspoon Site looks set to be one of the biggest redevelopment questions facing Princeton in the coming years. Competing plans are circulating for re-use of the site, but are any of these plans right? It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordability, Density, Princeton, Real estate, Smart Growth, Zoning | Tagged New Jersey, Princeton, Witherspoon Street | 4 Comments

Does Mayor Lempert Really Think That Middle-Class Princeton Workers Should Live In Trenton??

Posted on October 1, 2013 by walkableprinceton

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 →

Posted in Affordability, Alternative Transportation, Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Local, People, Princeton, Smart Growth, Traffic | Tagged Princeton, Trenton | 1 Comment

Can You Bear To Read These Offensive NJ.com Blog Comments, Left After Affordable Housing Court Decision??

Posted on September 30, 2013 by walkableprinceton

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 →

Posted in Affordability, Local, Zoning | Tagged Affordable housing, Council on Affordable Housing, New Jersey, New Jersey Supreme Court | 4 Comments

Parking Fiasco Exposes Princeton’s Failure To Add Needed Housing

Posted on September 27, 2013 by walkableprinceton

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 →

Posted in Affordability, Density, Princeton, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Traffic | Tagged Commuting, Planet Princeton, Princeton | 4 Comments

How Many Car-Free Households Are There In Princeton?

Posted on September 23, 2013 by walkableprinceton

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 →

Posted in Affordability, Local, Princeton, Sustainability | Tagged Borough of Princeton New Jersey, Car-Free Day, Carsharing, Princeton | 2 Comments

More Details On Hillier’s Witherspoon Street Corridor Proposal

Posted on September 6, 2013 by walkableprinceton

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 →

Posted in Affordability, Community, Complete Streets, Density, Downtown Vibrancy, People, Princeton, Real estate, Smart Growth, Zoning | Tagged AvalonBay Communities, Hillier, Nassau Street, Palmer Square, Princeton, Princeton Packet, Princeton Public Library, Witherspoon Street | 1 Comment

Happy Labor Day! Here’s Something You Can Do For Princeton-Area Workers…

Posted on September 2, 2013 by walkableprinceton

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 →

Posted in Affordability, Density, Princeton, Smart Growth, Zoning | Tagged Affordable housing, Labor Day, Princeton | 6 Comments

Robert Hillier Seeks Feedback On Witherspoon Corridor Plan At Community Meeting

Posted on July 29, 2013 by walkableprinceton

“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 →

Posted in Affordability, Alternative Transportation, Community, Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Events, People, Princeton, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Traffic, Zoning | Tagged Affordable housing, Hillier, Princeton, Zoning | 4 Comments

Princeton No Longer The Biggest Town In Mid-Central Jersey

Posted on July 19, 2013 by walkableprinceton

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 →

Posted in Affordability, Community, Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Local, Princeton, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Traffic, Zoning | Tagged Central Jersey, planning, Princeton, sustainable growth, urbanism | 14 Comments

Why Are Taxicabs So Expensive In Princeton?

Posted on July 15, 2013 by walkableprinceton

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 →