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Category Archives: The Parking Question
Free Parking Can’t Save Central Jersey Malls- Even On Black Friday
Cross posted at Strong Towns Network. On Black Friday- traditionally a day marked by a surge of post-Thanksgiving shopping- our friends at http://www.strongtowns.org launched a nationwide appeal for members to send in photos of parking lots in their local areas. … Continue reading
Posted in Downtown Vibrancy, Local, Princeton, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Zoning
Tagged Black Friday, Central Jersey, Lincoln Highway, New Jersey
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Highland Park, NJ Gets Small Details Right For Walkable Placemaking
You see an ordinary bench. We see an authentic miniature plaza. Highland Park, a half hour north of Princeton on NJ Route 27, is showing how to make great walkable places. Here’s why.
Posted in Complete Streets, Downtown Vibrancy, Local, Placemaking, The Parking Question, Walking
Tagged Placemaking, Princeton, Public space, Walkability
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255 Nassau Plan Shows The Extraordinary Difficulty Of Infill Redevelopment in Princeton
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
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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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
Could Dining Replace Parking At Princeton’s Mistral?
Princeton is lucky in that at least 3 really great restaurants have opened here this year: North End Bistro (by the Whole Earth Center in Jugtown), Agricola (in the former Lahiere’s space at Witherspoon and Nassau) and Mistral, on the … Continue reading
Posted in Downtown Vibrancy, Princeton, The Parking Question
Tagged Princeton, Princeton Public Library
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Walkable Shopping In Brighton, England
This week, Walkable Princeton is running some stories from our recent overseas vacation, about towns with walkable ideas that might be relevant to life in Princeton. Previous posts in this series are here. Our regular local content is back after … Continue reading
Postcard From Walkable [Old] York!
Summer vacations can be a great opportunity to check out some different places and see how they compare to our home town, Princeton. While attending a friend’s wedding in York, England, the sense of history was everywhere. Founded in AD … Continue reading
Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Zoning
Tagged Princeton, Walkability, York
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Has Sprawl Made Princeton ‘Fragile’?
Note: This article is cross-posted at Strong Towns Network. Chuck Marohn at Strong Towns recently posted an article titled ‘Detroit: An American Autopsy‘, inspired by the book of the same name by Charles LeDuff. Here is the gist of Chuck’s piece: … Continue reading
Robert Hillier Seeks Feedback On Witherspoon Corridor Plan At Community Meeting
“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
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