NJDOT’s new model complete and green streets policy and guide provides practical guidance for municipalities, counties, and agencies to improve roads and the overall landscape.
Community Design
Build streets for everyone with this new model policy
Tuesday, August 13th, 2019Are Millennials Leaving New Jersey Because Housing Costs Too Much?
Monday, April 22nd, 2019A look at the places with the characteristics that typically attract Millennials, but that aren’t attracting New Jersey Millennial out-migrants, suggests that housing costs could be a key factor in where these out-migrants decide to live.
New Jersey Future Executive Director To Co-Chair Waterfront Alliance Coastal Resilience Task Force
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019New Jersey Future Executive Director Peter Kasabach has been named a co-chair of the Waterfront Alliance’s new Coastal Resiliency Task Force. The task force will work to build consensus around needed resiliency measures, and issue a recommendations report.
At Convention, Builders Take Interest in Green Infrastructure
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019Builders at the Atlantic Builders Convention took a good deal of interest in best practices and benefits of green stormwater management techniques. Proposed new rules will require its use.
New Jersey’s Approval Rate Sinking With Young Adults
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019The latest Monmouth Poll Garden State Quality of Life Index shows continuing and growing dissatisfaction among young adults. Census data offer some insights into why.
What Kinds of Places Are Attracting New Jersey’s Out-migrating Millennials?
Tuesday, February 26th, 2019Analysis of county-to-county migration data shows New Jersey’s out-migrating Millennials are drawn to walkable, mixed-use, transit-accessible population centers. Out-migrants of older generations, by contrast, are more drawn to the outlying parts of metropolitan areas.
New Jersey Future Submits Comments on Proposed Stormwater Rule Amendments
Monday, February 4th, 2019New Jersey Future submitted comments on proposed changes to the NJDEP’s stormwater management rules, praising the emphasis on green infrastructure and offering recommendations for making the rule clearer and more effective.
New Jersey Becoming Less Dangerous for Pedestrians, but Still Work To Do
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019Smart Growth America’s new report on pedestrian fatalities shows New Jersey isn’t the most dangerous place to walk, but there is still work to do to make it safer.
DEP Moves to Require Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management
Thursday, December 6th, 2018The proposed new stormwater rule makes green infrastructure the priority for stormwater management, rather than an afterthought.
From Stormwater to Clean Water: New Flood-Control, Pollution Resource for Towns
Monday, November 5th, 2018A new toolkit from New Jersey Future offers advice and resources to help elected officials maximize the opportunities to use green infrastructure to help control flooding and polluted runoff.
