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Category Archives: Princeton
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
Posted in Affordability, Alternative Transportation, Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Local, People, Princeton, Smart Growth, Traffic
Tagged Princeton, Trenton
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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
Posted in Affordability, Density, Princeton, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Traffic
Tagged Commuting, Planet Princeton, Princeton
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Where Is The Housing Density Around Princeton?
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
What Happened When A Local Mom Asked Princeton For Improved Crosswalks?
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
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
Posted in Affordability, Local, Princeton, Sustainability
Tagged Borough of Princeton New Jersey, Car-Free Day, Carsharing, Princeton
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Princeton Kills Personal Rapid Transit, Dinky Heavy Rail Extension Plans
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
Princeton’s Walkable, Inclusive YMCA Gets An Awesome New Gym: We Take A Tour.
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.
Last Call For Crosswalk Meeting: Wednesday 2p.m. At Witherspoon Hall.
Last week we reported about Rachael Winfree, a Princeton mother who is trying to persuade Princeton municipal officials to enhance pedestrian safety measures at crosswalks over Chambers Street. Chambers Street is used as a rat-run by crosstown drivers, who
Posted in Complete Streets, People, Princeton, Traffic, Walking
Tagged Complete streets, Princeton
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Princeton’s New And Coolest Coffeehouse? The Rojo’s Taste Test.
Where do you go for coffee in Princeton? Small World, right? Small World has been the standard since 1993, but now, as Small World has the distinction of hosting Presidential- Senate-hopeful Cory Booker‘s latest photo-op, a new player has set up … Continue reading
Traffic Safety In Princeton Depends On All Of Us
On Monday, we wrote about Rachael Winfree, a local mom who is trying to encourage Princeton municipal officials to install pedestrian improvements on Chambers Street in downtown Princeton. When it comes to pedestrian safety, we can’t underestimate the importance of … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Complete Streets, People, Princeton, Traffic, Walking
Tagged Complete streets, Netherlands, Pedestrian, Princeton, traffic
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