AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Increasing housing choice, particularly near jobs, stops sprawl, reduces travel time and promotes a strong economy and social equity.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Smart growth promotes a sound economic future in all regions, location decisions that will reduce land and resource consumption, increased choices in housing and transportation, and reconnecting cities and suburbs.
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GOVERNANCE
Regional cooperation, tax and zoning reform are all essential to smart growth.
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LAND USE
Directing growth away from sprawl patterns of development and toward existing and new compact, mixed-use centers in priority transit corridors, will build growth capacity, increase property value and reduce the growth in traffic congestion.
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OPEN SPACE
Two million acres of New Jersey's five million acres is developed, one million is already preserved. The Legislature has targeted preserving an additional one million acres. Land use patterns must change to ensure that this target can be reached and that the remaining million acres is developed in such a way as to reduce land, energy and resource consumption, reduce auto-dependency and minimize the impact of development on the environment.
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TRANSPORTATION
Smart growth plans reduce the growth in traffic congestion by focusing on intra-regional transit services and an extensive feeder system in selected transportation corridors.
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WATER RESOURCES
Regional watershed plans can restore water quality and protect our water supply.
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