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Land Use Solutions
Transportation investments and policies significantly influence development patterns, which in turn shape travel behavior. The limited use of smart land-use strategies at the state and local levels increases the need to drive and limits residents’ transportation options.
Rather than continually building or widening roads, New Jersey Future promotes more compact and well-connected development that can reduce the number of car trips. These strategies include:
- Creating zoning policies that allow destinations to be closer together
- Building Complete Streets that accommodate other modes of transportation besides cars, like walking and biking
- Providing better connections between destinations of interest and neighborhoods that do not force local traffic onto busy, “main” roads for every trip
Simply adding road capacity to address traffic congestion creates a vicious cycle that ultimately worsens the problem. To alleviate congestion, transportation planners should first examine the broader land-use issues surrounding the problem and address them in their solution. View the resources tab above for New Jersey Future’s research and tools to assist in land-use solutions.
08/08/2023
Creating Safe Communities and Options for Walk-Bike-Ride Transportation in New Jersey
06/24/2021
Incorporating Climate Change: It’s the Law
10/14/2020
Changes to Municipal Land Use Law would make NJ municipalities more resilient
09/16/2020
Broadband for All: The Geography of Digital Equity in New Jersey
07/14/2020
New Jersey Future to work with regional campaign for resilience
08/13/2019
Build streets for everyone with this new model policy
07/15/2019
Comments on Draft Energy Master Plan
07/03/2019
Testimony on S1742, S1768 and S1774
11/02/2018
A Better Way To Plan for Traffic Effects of New Development
