Princeton Police Now Issuing Less Than One Quarter As Many Speeding Tickets as Before Pandemic

Graph showing number of summonses for speeding issued by Princeton Police in 2019 and 2025

On Tuesday night, September 23, Princeton Council will review the Princeton Police Reports for the months of July 2025 and August 2025. Anyone who pays attention to these police reports will have noticed an extraordinary fact: they show that Princeton police have basically stopped writing speeding tickets.

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Princeton Zoning Board Approves New Construction With Laundromat at 254 Witherspoon Street

Rendering of revised design for addition at 254 Witherspoon Street, Princeton

The Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved a proposal to construct a new addition to the building at 254 Witherspoon St. The new building would allow an extension of the JZ&D architecture practice, which is already housed at the site, and provide a new laundromat at the ground floor level.

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New Bike Program for Kids, “Girls In Gear”, Starting This Week at Community Park Elementary School

Part of informational flyer for new “Girls In Gear” program in Princeton

A new program for girls in Princeton will launch next week at Community Park Elementary School. “Girls In Gear”, a non-profit with chapters in multiple states, will bring their unique curriculum of ‘life skills through bike skills’ to young riders, aiming to “make sure every girl has the chance to grow into the biggest, boldest, and brightest version of themselves – on and off their bike”.

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Sustainable Princeton Offering Prizes for Walking and Cycling in September Through “Walk ’n Roll Challenge”

Sustainable Princeton’s “Walk ‘N Roll” challenge will run during September 2025

Local non-profit ‘Sustainable Princeton’ is aiming to encourage residents to give their car a rest during the month of September. They are organizing a “Walk ’n Roll Challenge”, and the participants who log the most miles on foot or by bike will win prizes!

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Outcry From Seniors Blocks Effort To Extend Princeton Jitney Bus Route to the Dinky Rail Station

The Princeton ‘Muni’ shuttle bus, seen here at the Princeton Shopping Center in July 2024.

Princeton Council has indefinitely postponed a proposed pilot program to run the town’s ‘Muni’ shuttle bus to the Princeton Dinky rail station. The matter came up with discussion of a resolution for funding the jitney program, at the Council meeting of July 28, 2025. Municipal staff had hoped to test whether a free transit option connecting to the rail station might be successful. A commuter route to the rail station was also recommended by a transit study commissioned by Council last year. But opposition from some local residents, who were unhappy with the proposed service change, persuaded Council members to abandon the plan for now.

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Former Princeton Fire Chief Unhappy About Plan For Affordable Housing At Chestnut Street Firehouse

The ‘Engine Company No. 1’ building on Chestnut Street, which was formerly a firehouse

The first objections to Princeton’s ‘Fourth Round’ affordable housing plan have emerged, just weeks after Council gave it their approval (Report via ‘Town Topics’: “Affordable Housing Plan Gets Official Approval And Positive Feedback“). Although the plan was praised for its focus on protecting green space, and locating housing at walkable sites, not everybody is happy with it. In particular, William Shields, the former Chief of the Princeton Fire Department, appeared at the Princeton Council meeting on July 14 to express his dismay at plans to convert the old firehouse on Chestnut Street into affordable housing.

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‘Ciclovia’ Block Party in Princeton this Sunday, With Discussion of Future of Westminster Choir College Site

Princeton’s 2025 ‘Ciclovia’ will happen on Sunday, June 22

Princeton Arts Council and Sustainable Princeton are among the sponsors of a community block party taking place on Sunday, June 22 on Walnut Lane. The event is called ‘Ciclovia’, the Spanish term for when streets are opened on a temporary for cyclists and pedestrians (Wikipedia: Ciclovía.) The first Ciclovias were held in Columbia, and spread to Canada in the 1970s and eventually all around the world. Princeton previously held Ciclovia events on Quaker Road in the mid-2010s. The 2025 Princeton Ciclovia is happening in a more central location: on Walnut Lane and Franklin Lane next to Princeton Middle School (map). This location is also next to a redevelopment area, the old Westminster Choir College site, and the town will be using the event to get input about what to do with this land.

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Town of Princeton Embraces ‘Smart Growth’ With Proposed Sites For New Affordable Housing

Proposed locations for new affordable and inclusionary housing projects in Princeton, NJ.

The town of Princeton has completed a new Housing Plan to identify where state-mandated affordable housing will be built in the 10-year period from 2025 – 2035. Along with hundreds of other towns in New Jersey, Princeton has been racing to get a plan ready ahead of a June 30 deadline defined in state law. Towns that do not provide a plan risk losing control of their ability to control local construction. Whereas other towns are proposing to build affordable housing on farms, Princeton’s plan has a focus on placing new housing in parts of town that are already developed. None of the housing would be built on fields or open spaces. This ‘Smart Growth’ approach ensures that most of the new housing will be in highly-walkable locations, with easy access to stores, jobs and parks.

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Princeton Council Approves Pilot Project For New Bike Lanes on North Harrison Street

Project area on North Harrison Street where new bike lanes will be installed

Princeton Council took a step toward a more bike-friendly town at their meeting on Monday night by approving a proposal for bike lanes on North Harrison Street near the Princeton Shopping Center (map). The project will also bring safety improvements for pedestrians. It is conceived as a trial, and the town will be studying the effects on traffic before making permanent improvements at a future date.

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Triumph Beer Garden Opening Friday Nights With Live Music at the Princeton Shopping Center!

Beer Garden area at Princeton Shopping Center

This summer, beer is returning to the central courtyard at the Princeton Shopping Center! (map) Triumph Brewpub is opening a ‘pop-up beer garden’ on Friday evenings from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. from June 6 through August 8. That’s just ten nights, and we’ve already missed one of them, so get on down there!

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