The new Arts and Transit Neighborhood is carefully planned to provide a 21st-century mixed-use transit hub. The incorporation of a new Transit Plaza into the plan is an important environmental first step.

The Transit Plaza will provide a new and improved station for the Dinky, stops for the community jitney, campus shuttles and New Jersey Transit buses, a location for bike rental and storage, and dedicated space for a possible future bus rapid transit expansion.

These amenities and services will promote the use of public transit as an alternative to single-passenger vehicles for commuters and visitors.

Direct access to the Lot 7 Garage will decrease the vehicle miles traveled by commuters who arrive from the north to park in the facility by three-quarters of a mile in each direction — and approximately 350 vehicle miles traveled daily. This, in turn, will reduce the associated carbon emissions.

Bicycle routes are being developed, as well as a bike center and bike parking that will be provided in the Transit Plaza.

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