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Rutgers
Law School
Opinions
of the New Jersey Courts,
http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/search.shtml
Description:
This is a full-text archive of the Opinions of the New Jersey Courts,
including the Supreme Court, from March, 1994 to date, the Superior Court
Appellate Division and the Tax Court from September, 1995 to date.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Rutgers
University
Center
for Urban Policy Research,
http://policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/index1.htm
Description:
CUPR, a component of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public
Policy, is nationally and internationally recognized for its research
on affordable housing, land use policy, the arts and cultural policy,
development impact analysis, the costs of sprawl, transportation information
systems, environmental impacts, and community economic development. CUPR
has developed a wide array of fiscal, environmental, transportation, and
quality of life impact models that have been used in major public policy
evaluations throughout the United States.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Rutgers
University
New
Jersey Environmental Digital Library,
http://njedl.rutgers.edu/njdlib/
Description: The NJEDL is an online library of environmental literature and multimedia related to New Jersey. The collection includes documents and reports, scientific studies, photographs, videos, maps, and more.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Rutgers
University
Voorhees
Transportation Center,
http://policy.rutgers.edu/vtc/
Description: The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) is the nucleus of transportation planning and policy research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Cross
County Connection Transportation Management Association
Cross
County Connection Transportation Management Association,
http://www.transportationchoices.com/
Description: Cross County Connection Transportation Management Association's mission is to improve the quality of life in southern New Jersey through transportation solutions. We believe our first responsibility is to the commuting public in our region who would benefit the most from our products and services.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Delaware
Valley Regional Planning Commission
DVRPC
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission,
http://www.dvrpc.org/
Description: Established in 1965, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) provides comprehensive, coordinated planning for the orderly growth and development of the bi-state region. This region includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer in New Jersey. DVRPC's mission is to proactively shape a comprehensive vision for the region's future growth.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Department
of Environmental Protection
Office
of Natural Lands Management,
http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/natural/index.html
Description: The Office of Natural Lands Management (ONLM) administers a group of interrelated land management and planning programs and is committed to the conservation of biodiversity through excellent stewardship, and the enhancement of passive recreational opportunities for the benefit of present and future generations.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Transportation
Context
Sensitive Design,
http://www.state.nj.us/dot/csd/index.htm
Description: Context Sensitive Design (CSD) is an approach to planning and designing transportation projects based on active and early partnerships with communities.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Transportation
Division
of Local Aid and Economic Development,
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/business/localaid/
Description: The Division of Local Aid and Economic Development staff members work with county and municipal government officials to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the state's transportation system. The Transportation Trust Fund and Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) legislation has provided the opportunity for funding assistance to local governments for road, bridge and other transportation projects.
Topics: Transportation, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Transportation
Historic
Bridge Survey,
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/environment/HistBrIntro.htm
Description: The New Jersey Department of Transportation, using the services of a consultant, surveyed all bridges built before 1947 to assess their eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historical Places.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Transportation
Long
Range Transportation Plan,
http://www.njchoices.com/
Description: New Jersey Department of Transportation and NJ Transit have prepared a Long Range Transportation Plan to identify transportation needs and issues statewide. Specifically, this plan outlines how to improve transportation throughout New Jersey. NJDOT and NJTransit would like to hear your comments on the LRP. NJDOT and NJ Transit invite you to review and comment on these plan documents.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Transportation
Office
of Maritime Resources,
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/maritime/index.html
Description:
The Office of Maritime Resources (OMR) provides interagency support, programmatic
planning and policy recommendations on maritime issues to the Governor
and the Legislature. OMR promotes public education on all maritime issues
and serves as the primary advisory body and lead agency for support of
New Jersey's $50 billion maritime industry which includes ports and terminals,
boat manufacturing, ferry operations, government services, maritime environmental
resources.
Topics: Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Transportation
Transit
Village Initiative,
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/community/village/index.shtml
Description: The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and NJ TRANSIT spearhead a multi-agency Smart Growth partnership known as the Transit Village Initiative. The Transit Village Initiative helps to redevelop and revitalize communities around transit facilities to make them an appealing choice for people to live, work and play, thereby reducing reliance on the automobile.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
East
Coast Greenway
East
Coast Greenway,
http://www.greenway.org/
Description:
The East Coast Greenway will be the nation's first long-distance, city-to-city,
multi-modal transportation corridor for cyclists, hikers, and other non-motorized
users. Our goal is to connect existing and planned trails that are locally
owned and managed to form a continuous, safe, green route -- easily identified
by the public through signage, maps, users guides, and common services.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
New
Jersey Geographic Information Network
New
Jersey Geographic Information Network,
https://njgin.state.nj.us/NJ_NJGINExplorer/index.jsp
Description: The New Jersey Geographic Information Network - NJGIN - is your new and improved gateway to geospatial information in New Jersey. The NJ Office of GIS has redesigned the NJ Spatial Data Clearinghouse to provide enhanced access to geodata through the NJGIN Explorer.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New
Jersey Meadowlands Commission
New
Jersey Meadowlands Commission,
http://www.meadowlands.state.nj.us/
Description: The NJ Meadowlands Commission was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1968 and was passed into law in January 1969. The act gave the Commission three mandates: environmental protection, economic development and solid waste management.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New
Jersey Pinelands Commission
New
Jersey Pinelands Commission,
http://www.nj.gov/pinelands/
Description: The Pinelands is our country's first National Reserve. In 1979, our state formed a partnership with the federal government to preserve, protect and enhance the natural and cultural resources of this special place. Today, with the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan, the region is protected in a manner that maintains its unique ecology while permitting compatible development.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New
Jersey State League of Municipalities
New
Jersey League of Municipalities,
http://www.njslom.org/
Description: The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is a voluntary association created to help communities do a better job of self-government through pooling information resources and brain power. All 566 municipalities are members of the League.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
No
92 Campaign
No
92 Campaign,
http://www.no92.com/
Description: The No 92 Campaign has been working since 1994 to stop construction of this highway and believes there are more viable alternatives.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Northeast-Midwest
Institute
Northeast-Midwest
Institute,
http://www.nemw.org
Description:
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, non-profit,
and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality,
environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Office
of Administrative Law
New
Jersey Administrative Code,
http://www.state.nj.us/oal/rules.html
Description:
The Division of Administrative Rules reviews all State executive branch
rulemaking notices for compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act,
N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq., and the Rules for Agency Rulemaking, N.J.A.C.
1:30. These notices are then processed by the Division for publication
in the New Jersey Register, published twice a month. Following publication
of adopted rules in the New Jersey Register, the rules are incorporated
into the New Jersey Administrative Code. The Code is not currently available
online.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Regional
Plan Association
Regional
Plan Association,
http://www.rpa.org/
Description:
Regional Plan Association (RPA) is an independent, not-for-profit regional
planning organization that improves the quality of life and the economic
competitiveness of the 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region
through research, planning, and advocacy. For more than 80 years, RPA
has been shaping transportation systems, protecting open spaces, and promoting
better community design for the region's continued growth.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York
Sierra
Club
New
Jersey Chapter Homepage,
http://www.sierraactivist.org/
Description: The mission statement of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; and educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Smart
Growth Network
New
Jersey Smart Growth Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=NJ&res=800
Description:
Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific
state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
TransOptions
TransOptions,
http://www.transoptions.org/
Description: TransOptions is an alliance of business and government partnerships created to provide commute options to people traveling into northwestern New Jersey, regardless of where they reside.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Tri-State
Transportation Campaign
Tri-State
Transportation Campaign,
http://www.tstc.org/
Description:
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign is an alliance of public interest,
transit advocacy, planning and environmental organizations working to
reverse deepening automobile dependence and sprawl development in the
New York/New Jersey/Connecticut metropolitan region.
Topics: Transportation
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York
DVRPC
Regional Indicators: Measuring our progress to 2025, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Presenting 26 indicators which track the regioins progress toward the adopted goals.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Horizons: 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan for Delaware Valley, www.dvrpc.org
Description: A comprehensive vision for the DE valley region.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
MAP: Mobility Alternatives Program, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Brochure describing MAP program .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Watershed guide to Gloucester County, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Comprehensive teachers guide to watershed and water in Gloucester County.
Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Horizons 2025 Implementation: Municipal tools and techniques, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Overview of tools and techinques available for local govts for implemetation of long range plans.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #1: TOD, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Transit oriented development: recognize the importance of rail and bus to community,and plan to better shape development to serve these needs.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, historic preservation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #2: Main Street America, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Basic information about Main street programs and Business Improvement Districts.
Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #3: Multi-municipal planning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Neighboring communites developing shared vision and coordinating planning in many areas .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #7: Historic preservation, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Protection and maintenance of important & integral places from our past .
Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Greenway Lands Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Design standards for site planning and greenway lands.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
DVRPC
Recreational Open Space needs analysis, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Three different methods of needs assessment of recreational open space.
Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, New Jersey
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This page was last updated on July 13, 2005.
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