Suburb to suburb trips are increasing. LAND USE Residential development is moving further and further out. The 2025 plan should assist rural townships, too. Rural areas can have centers with mixed uses, apartments, and townhouses, and then the surrounding areas can be preserved. A pilot program fosters mortgages for homes near transit stations.
Local governments have less power in New Jersey than they do in Pennsylvania.
One solution for the Township's problems would be to utilize the New Jersey State Plan in conjunction with local zoning ordinances. I-95 interchange in Bucks County is a major issue. The Philadelphia region has an incomplete beltway system. Local residents are fearful of pollution caused by idling vehicles, and there may be adverse impacts to endangered plants. The Pennsylvania Economy League is undertaking a study of the project's economic impacts.