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Category Archives: Alternative Transportation
How To Make Valley Road A ‘Complete Street’ That Works For Everybody
Princeton’s engineers held a public meeting last week to discuss planned upgrades to sanitary sewers and storm drains on Valley Road. As Princeton’s ‘Complete Streets’ policy calls for roads to be designed with all users in mind, the engineers also discussed opportunities … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Biking, Complete Streets, Events, Placemaking, planning, Princeton, Sustainability, Traffic, Trails, Walking
Tagged bike planning, charette, Complete streets, Princeton
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Final Report Of Princeton Transit Task Force Recommends Streetcar Upgrade For Dinky Rail Line
A task force set up to consider upgrades to transit service along Alexander Street and University Place is set to present a final report to Princeton Council. Their ‘preferred alternative’ is a streetcar/light rail service operating on the existing Princeton Branch … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Complete Streets, planning, Princeton, Sustainability
Tagged nj transit, Princeton, streetcars, Transit
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Remembering The Old Princeton Trolley
Any day now, the long-awaited report of the Princeton Alexander Street-University Place MOU Transit Task Force is due to be published. The Task Force was established to investigate opportunities for upgrading transit service along the key Alexander Street corridor leading … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, planning, Transit
Tagged Princeton, streetcar, Transit
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Cancellation of Princeton-Plainsboro Bus Line Shows Challenges With Princeton Transit
This week, NJ Transit announced fare hikes and service cutbacks. Among all the bus lines in New Jersey, the only year-round daily service that is getting the chop is our #655 service between Princeton and Plainsboro. The #655 line was … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, planning, Princeton, Smart Growth, Traffic, Transit
Tagged nj transit, planning, Princeton, Transit
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Princeton Council Holds Firm On Controversial Poe Road Sidewalks
At their regular meeting on Monday night, Princeton Council discussed an ongoing question about sidewalks on Poe Road between Random Road and Route 27. Neighbors along this section of Poe Road have fought the plan to install sidewalks here, even … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Complete Streets, People, planning, Princeton, Sustainability, Walking
Tagged Complete streets, Princeton, sidewalks
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Princeton Engineers: New Bike Lane To Be Installed As Part Of Mt Lucas Rd Improvements
Princeton engineers will stripe a new bike lane at Mt Lucas Road as part of upcoming engineering works to upgrade water mains and repave the road. The new bike lane is one of a number of ‘Complete Streets’-type improvements intended … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Biking, Complete Streets, planning, Princeton, Walking
Tagged compete streets, Cycling, Princeton, Walkability, Walking
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Princeton Council Does The ‘Hokey-Pokey’ On Complete Streets In Bike Lane Vote
Last week, Princeton Council indefinitely put off making a decision about adding repurposing on-street parking to make a safe bike facility on part of Hamilton Lane. Although several Council members argued that they would potentially be open to the idea … Continue reading
Will Princeton Build Bike Lanes? And If So, Where?
An interesting debate is underway in Princeton about whether the town should add bike lanes. Around a dozen people showed up to Council in January to support the introduction of an ordinance to repurpose on-street parking for bike lanes on part … Continue reading
Princeton U. Professor Alan Krueger Publishes Paper On Uber
Recently, local cab operators demanded that Princeton Council shut down Uber, a ridesourcing service that competes with traditional taxis. Now, Princeton University economics Professor Alan Krueger has co-authored a paper examining who is driving for Uber, and how much money they … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, People
Tagged Princeton, Princeton University, ridesourcing, uber
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A Walkable Community At Hopewell’s Scotch Road Offers Many Advantages
In December, the Planning Board of Hopewell Township put off making a decision about a proposed amendment to the community Masterplan that would permit extensive development of the area on either side of Scotch Road, between I-95 and CR-546. The … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Alternative Transportation, Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Local, planning, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Traffic
Tagged hopewell, New Jersey, walkable
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