New Jersey Future Blog
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Award-Winning Map Shows Water-Related Environmental Justice Issues in New Jersey
June 30, 2022 : 0 comments
The Summer 2021 floods in New Jersey, none more widespread and damaging than following Hurricane Ida, showed the damage that stormwater can wreak on communities. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) anticipates that rainfall intensity will increase due to climate change, meaning that flooding will become more frequent.
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Street View: Fostering an Inclusive Community Through Complete and Green Streets
June 29, 2022 : 0 comments
From a satellite view, our streets, our towns, and our lives look picturesque. In reality, we know they are much messier than that.
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One Year Later: How NJ Municipalities Have Implemented DEP’s Stormwater Management Rules
June 27, 2022 : 0 comments
It has been just over a year since New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP) 2020 amendment to the Stormwater Management Rule (NJAC 7:8) took effect.
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June 24, 2022 : 0 comments
As New Jersey faces increasing rainfall due to climate change and widespread water pollution, effective stormwater management becomes an increasingly important tactic for promoting healthy streams and improved water quality.
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Young People are Leaving New Jersey: Exploring Potential Explanatory Variables
June 22, 2022 : 0 comments
With the youngest members of the demographically large Millennial generation (roughly, those born between 1981 and 1996) aging into young adulthood, the number of people between the ages of 25 and 44 increased nationwide by 3.5% between 2015 and 2019. In New Jersey, however, the population in this age range declined by 1.2% over the same time period, with high housing costs appearing as a major motivating factor.
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State Guidance for Locating Warehouses is Here
June 10, 2022 : 0 comments
The Office of Planning Advocacy, the staff for the State Planning Commission, has issued first-of-its-kind guidance on where and how warehouses should be located in New Jersey.
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We Need a Better Way of Measuring How Much People Drive—And Why
May 23, 2022 : 0 comments
People driving cars and trucks from one place to another is not only a big contributor to New Jersey’s carbon footprint, but also leads to many hours wasted behind the wheel and many dollars spent to build and maintain the state’s road network. In New Jersey, the average licensed driver drives about 33 miles a day. While transportation planners and the general public are aware that daily life involves a lot of driving, the reasons for all this vehicular travel are less widely understood. A better way of measuring vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) might provide some insight into the problem—and what to do about it.
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