“The fact is Ridgewood was designated by NJT as a major transit hub several years ago and to a large extent that is why so many residents who work on Wall St have chosen to live here. Ridgewood has the reputation as the town that “has it all” great schools, charming neighborhoods, a lively downtown……and an easy commute to the city. When one gets past all the current rhetoric the three amigos are simply executing a plan and a vision for Ridgewood that was put in place long before they arrived on the scene.” Ed S
From
https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/community/village/faq.shtm
Transit Village Initiative Overview
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What is a designated Transit Village?
A. A designated Transit Village is a municipality that has been recommended for designation by the interagency Transit Village Task Force. These municipalities have demonstrated a commitment to revitalizing and redeveloping the area around their transit facilities into compact, mixed-use neighborhoods with a strong residential component.
A municipality can be designated a Transit Village only after much of the planning and background work has already been done on the municipal level. It may only be designated a Transit Village after the Transit Village Criteria have been met.
Q. How many designated Transit Villages are there?
A. There are currently 30 designated Transit Villages. They are Pleasantville (1999), Morristown (1999), Rutherford (1999), South Amboy (1999), South Orange (1999), Riverside (2001), Rahway (2002), Metuchen (2003), Belmar (2003), Bloomfield (2003), Bound Brook (2003), Collingswood (2003), Cranford (2003), Matawan (2003), New Brunswick (2005), Journal Square/Jersey City (2005), Netcong (2005), Elizabeth/Midtown (2007), Burlington City (2007), City of Orange Township (2009), Montclair (2010), Somerville (2010), Linden (2010), West Windsor (2012), East Orange (2012), Dunellen (2012), Summit (2013), Plainfield (2014), Borough of Park Ridge (2015) and Irvington Township (2015).
So, working with the state we will transform the village.
yes to Hackensack
This is no prize for Ridgewood. We don’t need nor do we benefit from the designation in a way that most residents here would ultimately appreciate.
Well who does benefit from this designation.?
Uh, have you never noticed all of the commuters trudging back and forth to NYC by rail, bus and carpool? Go to Ridgewood station at 5:30am if you can get out of bed like the rest of us.
12:05, why so dismissive of all of the Ridgewood residents who commute for work? Give it a rest.
The bus depot is a shit hole, it,s smells like a piss pot. What a dump. who is in charge of this site.
I called to speck to a manager and some ass wipe john spano said it will be cleaned up. well it is not.
clean it up. people use the bus depot every day. what a disgrace to ridgewood,the village manager needs to see this place.
Welcome to a small scale model of the future GarageZilla.. Like the older Bus station but on steroids..they are never pretty or at least decently kept after the honeymoon first year period or so..municipal garages are dumps..Hard to clean concrete and dark dusty dirty caverns of multiple parking decks..they are dumps also because people are pigs with litter and dumped items..unsafe off hours as well..despite rental cops