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I S S U E S

Connecting Community Corridors

TNJ region communities are comprised of a wider range of ethnicities (although local communities are not necessarily diverse)

An aging population and the advent of the millennialsare driving longer-term trends in land use and the market

C O M M U N I T I E S I N T H E R E G I O N A R E C H A N G I N G

Perth Amboy Bay City Transit District

Paterson Northside Community Action Plan

Perth Amboy Bay City Transit District StrategyMorristown Parklets

The approach to reaching stakeholders has had to change accordingly:

O U T R E A C H

engaging social media

walking tours Listening to kids

Repositioning obsolete land use patterns to align with changing demographics and established infrastructure is critical to the region’s economic competitiveness

Route 202 Corridor

Publicly owned sites in Springfield Passaic’s Eastside

Route 202 Corridor

L A N D U S E

Repositioning obsolete land use patterns to align with changing demographics and established infrastructure is critical to economic competitiveness the local level

L A N D U S E

Repositioning obsolete land use patterns to align with changing demographics and established infrastructure is critical to the region’s economic competitiveness

L A N D U S E

Connecting Community Corridors

McGinley Sq - Montogomery Corridor

Urban Essex Smart Growth Coalition Hoboken Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan

The value of legacy systems is clearly recognized as a driver of economic and community development but there are limits in capacity

Passaic Eastside Development Strategy

The importance of other systems and other modes has grown

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N

Downtown Asbury Park, Connecting Community CorridorsPassaic Eastside Development Strategy

Increasing the diversity of housing options is critical• Infill

• Mixed Use• Adaptive Reuse

H O U S I N G

Hoboken Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan

Flooding and Stormwater management have major impacts on access to transit and transit-oriented development in the region

Sandy has brought resilience of transit infrastructure to the fore as an issue

In the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, the need to address community resiliency is now a given

N A T U R A L S Y S T E M S , E N E R G Y , A N D C L I M A T E

In the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, addressing community resiliency is now a given

Passaic Eastside Development Strategy

N A T U R A L S Y S T E M S , E N E R G Y , A N D C L I M A T E

Eds and Meds - Urban Essex Smart Growth Coalition

I N D U S T R Y S E C T O R D E V E L O P M E N T

Communities are compelled to look beyond the region’s traditional industries

Passaic Eastside Development Strategy

Arts and culture are increasingly looked at as drivers for drawing people to the region’s downtowns and downtown revitalization

Urban Essex Smart Growth Coalition

A R T S & C U L T U R E

Woodbridge Rahway Access to the Arts Monmouth County

Paterson Northside Community Action Plan

High crime rates and personal security have been identified as major barriers to development

Public safety issues result in a more car-dependent population

Perception of crime can be an equally significant barrier

H E A L T H & S A F E T Y

Urban Essex Smart Growth Coalition

Middlesex Greenway Access Plan

Greenways and complete streets are seen as a means for promoting community mobility, public health, and increased access to transit

Dangerous traffic and pedestrian conditions are figuring as major health and safety concerns

H E A L T H & S A F E T Y

Capacity at the local level is limited

Reaching across municipal boundaries and creating new organizations to attract more resources

C H A L L E N G E S T O I M P L E M E N T A T I O N

Inner M&E Strategic Plan: West Orange/Orange/East Orange/Newark

Together Route 202: Reimagining Complete Communities along a Connecting Corridor

Capacity at the local level is limited

Implementation requires partnerships, engaging key players at state and county levels, working with non-profits so municipalities can avail themselves of existing program and funding opportunities

C H A L L E N G E S T O I M P L E M E N T A T I O N

helped attract State agency attention to municipalities that would not otherwise have this exposure and access

L D P P R O G R A M B E N E F I T S

Articulated and position problems to facilitate support by State agencies

Provided a holistic look at areas, and a strategic assessment of how issues are interrelated

Inner M&E

E A R L Y W I N S

Newark

Monmouth County Connecting

Community Corridors

Springfield Morris Ave

Corridor Vision and

Mobility Plan

Hoboken Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan

•Urban Essex Coalition for Smart Growth

• Freeway Drive DOT Grant

•Sustainable Economy Task Force

• Established direct link to the NJ Department of Corrections, to better align training programs with jobs

•Monmouth County, Neptune and Asbury awarded a grant from the NJTPA’s Local Safety Program to study a “road diet” for Memorial Drive

•Springfield BID is finalizing a wayfinding and branding program for the Morris Avenue area including parking signage

• Township awarded a grant from the Port Authority to update the master plan consistent with the Vision Plan

•Adopted as City policy

local demonstration projects