New Jersey communities can apply for free professional planning assistance to prepare plans for redeveloping or improving areas anchored by transit bus, rail, light rail, or ferry terminals, stations and stops. Applications are due on February 3, 2025.
The assistance is provided through the Transit Hub Planning Program, a partnership between the Center for Community Planning, the American Planning Association New Jersey Chapter (APA-NJ) and the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA).
The program recruits volunteer planners in the state to provide technical planning services for up to two community groups or municipalities. Applicants are selected on a competitive basis.
Project teams help communities identify practical and implementable strategies that can improve access to the transit service, increase economic activity in the hub area, create improved public spaces and promote a more vibrant and connected community. The team will also prepare recommendations for advancing the elements of the plan after the study is complete, which may include guidance for completing an application to New Jersey’s Transit Village Program administered by NJ TRANSIT and the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT).
Participating municipalities or organizations must make staff available to support the work and be available for discussions with agencies at the municipal, county, regional, and state levels.
For information on applying download the Call for Project Proposals. Further information on the program and on past projects is available at https://www.njtpa.org/TransitHubProgram.aspx (NJTPA) or njplanning.org/about/community-planning-assistance-program (APA-NJ).