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Category Archives: Alternative Transportation
Princeton Residents Have a Few Days Left to Comment on Mercer County Trails and Safe Streets Plans
Princeton residents have a chance to comment on two important Mercer County planning initiatives relating to trails and street safety. Public comment for both of them closes at the end of March, so now is a great time to get … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Biking, Complete Streets, Local, planning, Trails, Walking
Tagged Complete streets, Cycling, New Jersey, planning
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First Princeton “Walk & Wheel Wednesday” Happening This Week!
Princeton Public School students are being encouraged to skip the car line at least one day a week, as part of a new campaign launched by Parent-Teacher Organizations and local allies. ‘Walk & Wheel Wednesdays’ aims to “to encourage students … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Events, Princeton, Walking
Tagged Complete streets, Cycling, Princeton
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North Harrison Street Improvements Set To Begin Between Nassau St and Franklin Ave, With Bicycle Improvements To Follow
Princeton Council heard a presentation at their meeting on November 12 from consultants hired to study safety improvements to Harrison Street. Harrison St runs almost the entire length of the town from north to south (map), making for a very … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Complete Streets, planning, Princeton, Traffic
Tagged Complete streets, Cycling, Princeton
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Town Of Princeton Buys Two Electric Buses (At A Huge Discount) For Municipal Jitney Service
At their pre-Thanksgiving meeting on November 21, Princeton Council approved the purchase of two new electric vehicles. In particular, these are electric buses, to provide service on the town’s free municipal jitney route. The purchase will allow the service to … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Princeton, Sustainability
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Town of Princeton Advances Plan for Cyclists to Share Sidewalks with Pedestrians on Witherspoon Street
Princeton Council has approved a plan from the Engineering Department for the next part of the multi-year effort to redesign Witherspoon Street. The so-called ‘Witherspoon St Phase 3’ project will be between Leigh Avenue and Valley Road, which includes the … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Biking, Complete Streets
Tagged Complete streets, Cycling, Princeton
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Details of Amtrak-ARUP Study To Expand Track Capacity at New York Penn Station
The future of rail transit from New Jersey to New York City has been in the news recently, with President Biden appearing in New York last week to celebrate the first steps in the Gateway Project, which will eventually lead … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, planning, Real estate, Smart Growth
Tagged amtrak, Penn Station, planning, Transit
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NJ Transit Releases Final Report on Study of Light Rail, Bus, Bikeway Upgrades for Princeton ‘Dinky’ Rail Line
NJ Transit today released a final report from their study of transit alternatives along the Princeton ‘Dinky’ rail corridor. The study, which began in spring of 2021, was intended to identify what the best options are for providing future transit … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Density, Local, planning, Princeton, Sustainability, Transit
Tagged planning, Princeton
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Important Princeton Master Plan Survey Closes This Sunday
This Sunday (November 6, 2022) marks an important deadline in the effort to rewrite Princeton’s community Master Plan. That date will be the last chance for Princeton residents to provide input for the ‘Community Visioning Survey’, which will be the … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Alternative Transportation, planning, Princeton
Tagged planning, Princeton
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“Fancy Women Bike Ride” Comes To Palmer Square In Princeton, Sunday Sep 18, 2 PM.
Princeton’s first ever “Fancy Women Bike Ride” will take place this Sunday, September 22, setting off from Palmer Square at 2 p.m. The relaxed, 2-mile route aims to put the focus on women bike riders, and participants are encouraged to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cycling, Princeton
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Multiple Companies Are Interested In Operating Self-Driving Transit in Trenton
In late 2021, New Jersey Department of Transportation launched the ‘Trenton MOVES‘ program, which is intended to bring a “safe, equitable, affordable, sustainable, and efficient on-demand automated vehicle mobility systems in and beyond Trenton, NJ.” Simply put, the idea is … Continue reading
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