Tag Archives: New Jersey

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

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US Route 1 In Princeton: Too Big To Fail.

In the coming months, the municipalities of West Windsor, NJ and Princeton, NJ will announce a new plan to expand Route 1 in association with NJDOT. While it’s easy to understand why they want to do this, expanding Route 1 … Continue reading

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Washington Post Calls Princeton A ‘Super-Zip’, But Highlights Issues Of Living In Paradise…

What connects Princeton, West Windsor, Hopewell and Doylestown, PA? According to the Washington Post, they are all part of a regional cluster of  ‘Super-Zips’. The Post analyzed all US zip-code areas to rank them on a scale of 0-99 based … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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