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Planner highlights NJ Transit bus‑rapid plans and transit‑oriented redevelopment potential around Ernst and Road
Summary
SARA planner Veena briefed commissioners on an NJ Transit bus‑rapid transit (BRT) corridor study and its implications for the Ernst and Road/Route 9 area, noting transit‑village designation could unlock funding and that redevelopment within a half‑mile radius could benefit from planned infrastructure improvements.
SARA’s planner, Veena, told commissioners the NJ Transit bus‑rapid transit study and an associated Perkins and Eastman consultant report identify the Old Bridge/Route 9 corridor — including the Ernst and Road area — as a candidate for transit‑oriented development that could benefit from infrastructure funding if designated a transit village.
Veena said NJ Transit received a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant of $400,000 to study how bus rapid transit and transit‑village designations could improve the Route 9 corridor. She said Old Bridge is one of 17 stops evaluated and noted the study used quarter‑mile and half‑mile radii to assess walkable access to commuter parking.
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