[net-gold] DISASTERS: HURRICANES : UNITED STATES: STATES: NEW JERSEY : INFRASTRUCTURE : GOVERNMENT : PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Hurricane Irene Highlighted Need for NJ Transit Investment
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- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:11:30 -0400 (EDT)
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DISASTERS: HURRICANES :
UNITED STATES: STATES: NEW JERSEY :
INFRASTRUCTURE :
GOVERNMENT :
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
Hurricane Irene Highlighted Need for NJ Transit Investment
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Hurricane Irene Highlighted Need for NJ Transit Investment
Published: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 8:15 AM
By Janna Chernetz and Vincent Pellecchia
By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist
NJ.com
http://blog.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2011/09/
hurricane_irene_showed_nj_tran.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/6y2lnj3
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Coming on the heels of a summer of NJ Transit derailments and disruptions,
the public transportation outages caused by Hurricane Irene should serve
as a wake-up call for Gov. Chris Christie that investing more in public
transportation and housing, retail and office development around it is
necessary for the state.
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The lack of NJ Transit service between Trenton and New Brunswick for three
days after Irene swept through the Garden State packed nearby roads and
left commuters frustrated. With increased investment in transit, there can
be redundancy in more of the system. So if one line goes out, another is
there to serve customers.
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This is especially important now as ridership on NJ Transit is growing
more than 247 million riders last year, almost a 10 percent increase since
2004 and housing near transit is surviving the economic recession much
better than units far away from public transportation. According to
Christopher Lineberger of the Brookings Institution, there is an
insufficient supply of housing in walkable neighborhoods walkable, urban
housing represents 20 percent of the housing stock, despite demand from 50
percent of the population.
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The move by Panasonic from Secaucus to Newark is proof of this growing
demand for businesses near transit. Utilizing a state tax incentive, the
company cited Newarks transit system as one of the main reasons for
choosing the city over Silicon Valley. Panasonic CEO Joe Taylor said he
decided to move the company out of Secaucus because too many of Panasonics
employees had to drive to work and "we couldnt possibly demonstrate our
commitment and our credibility to being a green company and ask 1,000
people to drive to work every day." Statewide, retail vacancies around
transit hubs are at 14.7 percent compared with 29.7 percent in areas not
near such hubs.
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But as demand grows for density and compactness, the state cut funding for
programs that encourage this type of growth and the transit system that
supports it.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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