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Tag Archives: New Jersey
Cycling Advocate Questions Decision To Award Princeton ‘Bike-Friendly’ Status
The League of American Bicyclists recently awarded Princeton ‘Bronze Bike-Friendly Community‘ status. Princeton is now one of just 5 municipalities in New Jersey to receive this award (West Windsor is another). Mayor Lempert thanked the Princeton Pedestrian and Bicyclist Committee for putting together the … Continue reading
Remember When We Predicted Sub-$3 Gas Around Princeton? Well Here It Is.
Back in May, we wrote an article predicting that the price of gas would fall and potentially drop below the magic $3 / gallon barrier. This was based on observations about trends in global oil prices. We saw this as
NY Times Column Slams Exclusionary Zoning of NJ Towns
Do you read the ‘New York Times’? If so, you might have noticed a recent column by Professor David Kirp titled ‘Here Comes The Neighborhood‘. Professor Kirp, who is an expert on how social policy impacts educational outcomes, criticizes suburban New … Continue reading
Time For A Proper Public Consultation About The 369 Witherspoon Street Site
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
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Can You Bear To Read These Offensive NJ.com Blog Comments, Left After Affordable Housing Court Decision??
A key solution for Princeton’s ongoing traffic and parking challenges is to enable people to live closer to where they work, so that they have the option of walking or cycling instead of using a car. Sadly, Princeton has got … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Local, Zoning
Tagged Affordable housing, Council on Affordable Housing, New Jersey, New Jersey Supreme Court
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Princeton, Is That A Good Deal? “Normandy-Inspired”
As part of an occasional series where we cast an eye over rental properties and real estate walkable to downtown Princeton, we invite you to comment on a local listing. You can find previous entries here and here. Apartments to rent are hard … Continue reading
Beautiful Walkable Princeton: Barbara Smoyer Park
This post is part of a series where we celebrate the many beautiful and characterful sights of Princeton, NJ. You can find previous entries in this series here and here or by searching our site for ‘beautiful walkable Princeton’. Princeton’s Barbara Smoyer Park is … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful Walkable Princeton
Tagged Green Acres, New Jersey, Princeton, Princeton Township
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How ‘Strong Towns’ Thinking Could Be A Boost For Princeton
Is the way we build towns an unsustainable Ponzi Scheme that will ultimately bankrupt us? That is the striking thesis behind ‘Strong Towns’, an advocacy group that has sprung up out of Brainerd, Minnesota and may just be the best … Continue reading
Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, People, Smart Growth, Trails, Zoning
Tagged New Jersey, Ponzi Scheme, Princeton, Upper Midwest
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One Sure Way To Boost Walking To Work In Princeton
Want to know how to get more people – far more people – walking to work in Princeton? The answer is very simple, and the good news is, it doesn’t have to cost us a cent…
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Biking, Density, Princeton, Smart Growth, Traffic, Transit, Walking, Zoning
Tagged New Jersey, Palmer Square, Plainsboro Township New Jersey, Princeton, Walking
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Who Is Redevelopment For?
Stephen Danley at nextcity.org makes a resonant point about the risk that redevelopment can pass local residents by. In his case, he wants to talk about….Camden. Have you ever spent any time in Camden? Are you familiar with its attractive … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local
Tagged Camden, New Jersey, Princeton, Redevelopment, Tony Mack, Trenton
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