An overview of Regional Plan Association's data- and map-driven analysis of successes, opportunities and challenges in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region.

1. New Jersey Conference
on the
Fourth Regional Plan
Friday, November 14, 2014
Seton Hall University School of Law

2. Live Tweet
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3. New Jersey Conference
November 14, 2014
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Thank you to our sponsors and partners:
ASLA-NJ • American Planning Association-NJ
Chapter • Downtown New Jersey • Housing &
Community Development Network of New Jersey
• Fair Share Housing Center • NAIOP-NJ • New
Jersey Bike and Walk Coalition • New Jersey
Chamber of Commerce • New Jersey
Conservation Foundation • New Jersey League of
Conservation Voters • New Jersey State League
of Municipalities • New Jersey Urban Mayors
Association • NY/NJ Baykeeper • Sustainable
Jersey • Tri-State Transportation Campaign

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7. 3 states
31 counties
783 towns
and cities
23 million
residents

8. 1929 First Regional Plan 1968 Second Regional Plan 1996 Third Regional Plan
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9. Fourth Regional Plan Goals
• to create communities that are dynamic, livable and
resilient;
• expand the region’s economic prosperity in an equitable
and sustainable way;
• and reform the financial, institutional and regulatory
structures necessary to implement smart planning
decisions

10. Building on Existing Plans

11. Listening to the Region
• Survey
• Focus Groups
• Individual and
Business
Profiles

12. Using New Tools for Research and Engagement

13. What if we reduce transit times to Newark?

14. What if we increase the number of entry-level jobs that can be
reached by someone living in the Dayton neighborhood of
Newark?

15. How many more jobs are accessible to someone
with some college education?

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The tri-state region
has made enormous strides.
Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick

18. In the last 20
years, the
region has
gained 2.3
million
residents and
1.5 million jobs,
while growing
as fast as the
U.S. as a whole.

19. Life expectancy
has grown much
faster than the
national average.

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Opportunities are limited
for too many people.
Photo Credit: João Lavinha

21. Median incomes,
adjusted for
inflation, have
dropped since
1990 for more
than three-quarters
of the
region’s
households

22. Access to
education and
other opportunities
shaped by income,
race and
geography:
Randolph, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ

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There is a rising crisis of
affordability.
Photo Credit: flickr4jazz (flickr)

24. Declining
incomes
have been
compounded by
skyrocketing
housing costs.

25. Affordability is
not just an urban
issue.

26. The promise of the suburbs is
26
fading.

27. Job growth has
been much
weaker in the
suburbs and older
cities outside of
New York City.

28. Less than one in
four polled
Northern NJ
residents believe
their community
will be a better
place in 10 years.

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The region is increasingly
vulnerable to disasters.
Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick

30. Some of
the region’s
most critical
infrastructure is
in the flood plain.

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Technological
complexity and
lean supply
chains increase
the risk of
disruption.
Photo Credit: bfishadow

32. Our government institutions are ill-equipped
32
to address these
challenges.
Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick

33. Both the cost and
time it takes to
build new
infrastructure is
increasing.

34. 1 Region
3 States
31 Counties
783 Municipalities
703 School districts
175 Housing authorities
459 Fire districts
157 Business improvement districts
36 Sewer districts (data not available for NYS)
The number of
governmental
jurisdictions
creates
inefficiencies and
make it difficult to
reach decisions…

35. Seizing Opportunities
How can we take
advantages of
changes in technology,
demographics and
culture to create a
more prosperous,
equitable and
sustainable place?

36. Photo Credit: TIME, Johnathan D. Woods, Michael Franz, Gavin D. Farrell, Meghan P. Farrell, Claudio Palmisano

37. Panel Discussion
Hon. James J. Florio, Founding Partner at Florio,
Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader and former governor
of New Jersey
Staci Berger, President & CEO, Housing and
Community Development Network of New Jersey
Hon. Wilda Diaz, Mayor of Perth Amboy
Dennis Bone, Director, Feliciano Center for
Entrepreneurship at Montclair State University
New Jersey Conference
November 14, 2014
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38. Q & A
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Thank you to our sponsors and partners:
ASLA-NJ • American Planning Association-NJ
Chapter • Downtown New Jersey • Housing &
Community Development Network of New Jersey
• Fair Share Housing Center • NAIOP-NJ • New
Jersey Bike and Walk Coalition • New Jersey
Chamber of Commerce • New Jersey
Conservation Foundation • New Jersey League of
Conservation Voters • New Jersey State League
of Municipalities • New Jersey Urban Mayors
Association • NY/NJ Baykeeper • Sustainable
Jersey • Tri-State Transportation Campaign

40. Photo Credit: TIME, Johnathan D. Woods, Michael Franz, Gavin D. Farrell, Meghan P. Farrell, Claudio Palmisano