Category Archives: Princeton

‘Great Plant Rescue’ At Old Princeton Hospital Site As Local Residents Sue Planning Board

Posted on October 7, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Here’s some great news! All the plants and landscaping features from around the old Princeton Hospital site on Witherspoon Street are being lifted out and transplanted to new homes! Local residents, Princeton Healthcare Systems staff, the Department of Public Works … Continue reading →

Posted in Density, Princeton, Smart Growth, Zoning | Tagged Affordable housing, AvalonBay, Princeton, Princeton Packet, Princeton Planning Board | 3 Comments

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

255 Nassau Plan Shows The Extraordinary Difficulty Of Infill Redevelopment in Princeton

Posted on October 3, 2013 by walkableprinceton

The proposed redevelopment of the 255 Nassau Crossfit gym (formerly Wild Oats market) is in doubt as NJDOT regulations, University inflexibility, and municipal red tape combine to stymie the plan. Skeptical officials look set to can the plan, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Princeton, Real estate, Smart Growth, Sustainability, The Parking Question, Traffic, Zoning | Tagged Affordable housing, Nassau Street, Princeton, Princeton University | 8 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

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

Where Is The Housing Density Around Princeton?

Posted on September 26, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Brandon Martin-Anderson of the MIT Media Lab has created a new map showing every person listed in the US Census. This is the most visual exactly where people live throughout the USA. Zooming in on Princeton reveals the exact density of … Continue reading →

Posted in Density, Local, Princeton, Traffic | Tagged Affordable housing, Central Jersey, MIT Media Lab, Plainsboro, Plainsboro Township New Jersey, Princeton, Princeton University | 4 Comments

What Happened When A Local Mom Asked Princeton For Improved Crosswalks?

Posted on September 24, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Last Wednesday, two representatives of ‘Walkable Princeton’ accompanied Dr Rachael Winfree, a Princeton resident, to a meeting of the municipal Traffic and Transportation sub-committee that deals with pedestrian improvements to local streets. (Regular readers will recall that we recently reached … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Transportation, Complete Streets, People, Princeton, The Parking Question, Traffic, Walking | Tagged Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Pedestrian, Pedestrian crossing, Princeton, traffic, Transportation | 17 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

Princeton Kills Personal Rapid Transit, Dinky Heavy Rail Extension Plans

Posted on September 20, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Princeton Council heard testimony at their September 9 meeting from Kevin Wilkes, the Chair of the Alexander Street / University Place Transit Task Force. He reported that the possibility of a heavy rail extension of the Dinky Line to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Transportation, Local, People, Princeton, Traffic, Transit | Tagged Personal Rapid Transit, Princeton, Princeton Branch, Princeton Community Television, Princeton University | 10 Comments

Princeton’s Walkable, Inclusive YMCA Gets An Awesome New Gym: We Take A Tour.

Posted on September 18, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Last Saturday, Princeton’s YMCA held the official ribbon-cutting of its new fitness suite. The ‘Jim and Nancye Fitzpatrick Wellness Center’, to give the gym its full name, features a thorough-upgrade of the facilities.