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Title:

INTEGRATING LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT INTO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON THE HUDSON RIVER WATERFRONT

Accession Number:

00483661

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309047137

Abstract:

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), in cooperation with NJ Transit, recently completed a conceptual engineering study for a combined bus/light rail transit (LRT) system on the Hudson River waterfront in Hudson and Bergen counties. The project is unique in that the area is undergoing rapid redevelopment. The pace of development is so fast that NJ Transit was faced with the possible loss of desperately needed transportation rights-of-way if quick action was not taken. In addition, the environmental permit review process required for waterfront development in New Jersey offered the opportunity for the state to dedicate transit easements and require developers to provide these easements as a mitigation measure for the heavy traffic congestion that development is expected to cause. To take advantage of this opportunity, NJDOT entered into negotiations with developers. Because this process began before completion of an UMTA alternatives analysis and draft environmental statement, several bus and LRT modes had to be considered in formulating easement agreements so as not to preclude future federal funding. Because developers retained air rights above the easements, NJDOT and NJ Transit had to provide information to developers and approve air rights construction without a final transitway design in place. The process used to define the appropriate easement envelopes and negotiate transit easements with developers is described.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 221, Light Rail Transit: New System Successes at Affordable Prices - Papers presented at the National Conference on Light Rail Transit, May 8-11, 1988, San Jose, California, Conducted by the Transportation Research Board. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

00483651

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Robins, Martin E
Lutin, Jerome
Harf, Alfred H
Ellis, Clifford A
Kirkyla, Viktoras A

Pagination:

pp 121-134

Publication Date:

1989

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 221
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0360-859X

Conference:

National Conference on Light Rail Transit

Location: San Jose California, United States
Date: 1988-5-8 to 1988-5-11
Sponsors: Federal Highway Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO); National Association of Regional Councils; Transportation Alternatives Group

ISBN:

0-309-04713-7

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (7) ; Tables (3)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Air rights

Geographic Terms:

New Jersey

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

May 31 1989 12:00AM

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