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New Jersey Names Hackensack 'Transit Village'

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack has been designated a Transit Village by the state of New Jersey.

The Hackensack Bus terminal, owned by the city but operated by NJTransit, will see a lot more traffic once components of the city's Transit Village plan begin to be completed, bringing lots of housing into the downtown area.

The Hackensack Bus terminal, owned by the city but operated by NJTransit, will see a lot more traffic once components of the city's Transit Village plan begin to be completed, bringing lots of housing into the downtown area.

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Notification of the designation, which means Hackensack will receive a priority for state funding of planning and transportation initiatives, also means there is a relationship and partnership with the state to achieve the city’s overall redevelopment goals of a transit village, mixed use, pedestrian friendly downtown, City Planner Fran Reiner said.

The information was released by Albert Dib, city historian and information specialist, and confirmed by Reiner, who is Hackensack’s chief planner, from DMR Architects in Hasbrouck Heights.

Notification by the state came Monday, Feb. 8 by email, although it conveyed a letter dated Dec. 30.

Hackensack is only the second city in the state designated around a regional bus station, and the 31st Transit Village in New Jersey. The NJ Transit bus station in Hackensack is owned by the city, and leased to the transportation agency.

Reiner mentioned several mixed-use developments that are currently underway, which will bring residents into the downtown area. One is at the former Bank of America building on Main Street, that will house 132 apartments; another is at the corner of Moore and Mercer, the site of the old Bergen County Probation Building, which will have 382 units of housing.

A long-term goal of the Transit Village initiative, Reiner said, will be converting both Main Street and State Street into two-way instead of one-way streets.

“It will create better circulation for future residents and people coming to shop in the downtown,” he said.

Dib said the process for approval took more than two years.

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