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.

The Transit Village Initiative is an excellent model for Smart Growth because it encourages growth in New Jersey where infrastructure and public transit already exist.

Aside from Smart Growth community revitalization, two other goals of the Transit Village Initiative are to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality by increasing transit riders.

Studies have shown that an increase in residential housing options within walking distance of a transit facility, typically a one quarter to one half mile radius, does more to increase transit ridership than any other type of development. Therefore, it is a goal of the Transit Village Initiative to bring more housing, more businesses and more people into communities with transit facilities.
Transit Village
Do you think Hammonton should pursue the Transit Village designation?

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The Democrats feel we need to aggresively pursue the Transit Village designation for all of the benefits it would bring to our Town. It will help us in expanding our Re-development zone and establishing a thriving downtown area. It will bring help from the state both monetarily and in planning and implementation advice from experienced people. Please click on the Transit Village logo on the top of this page to learn more about this program. This program can only mean positive things for Hammonton.
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