West Windsor Designated 'Transit Village' by NJDOT

The New Jersey Department of Transportation has approved West Windsor as the state’s 24th Transit Village, a designation that recognizes and supports the municipality’s efforts to create mixed-use development within walking distance of the Princeton Junction train station.

The Transit Village initiative designates municipalities with a bus, train or light rail station or a ferry terminal that have embraced a smart growth vision. 

“West Windsor plans to transform the parking areas around the Princeton Junction train station into a vibrant residential, retail and commercial community served by public transportation,” NJDOT Commissioner James Simpson said. “The combination of dense, mixed-use development and access to robust public transportation stimulates economic activity and creates healthy, walkable opportunities for residents, workers and visitors to leave their cars at home.”

“The whole idea is to promote business, mass transit, a sense of community and a reduced reliance on cars,” Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh said. 

A muncipality designated a Transit Village receives the following benefits:

• State commitment to the municipality's vision for redevelopment
• Coordination among state agencies that comprise the Transit Village task force
• Priority consideration for some state funding
• Technical assistance from some state agencies

The state began designating municipalities Transit Villages in 1999. Others include Pleasantville, Morristown, Rutherford, South Amboy, South Orange, Riverside, Rahway, Metuchen, Belmar, Collingswood, Bloomfield, Bound Brook, Cranford, Matawan, New Brunswick, Journal Square/Jersey City, Netcong, Elizabeth City, Burlington City, Orange, Somerville, Montclair and Linden.