TCSP Accomplishments

Leveraging Opportunities

TCSP funding is not sufficient, by itself, to implement new transportation-related community preservation practices nationwide, or in many cases even to completely cover the entire project cost within an individual area. However, TCSP funding does permit the pilot testing of new transportation approaches as part of larger community development initiatives, and is being used by applicants to leverage other public and private moneys. As a result, many TCSP grants support a particularly innovative portion of a larger project. Grants for FY 1999 projects are adding value to activities that are also funded through sources such as highway and transit programs, EPA grants, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants, local commitments, and private-sector investment.

Northern New Jersey:
Preparing Modern Intermodal Freight Infrastructure to Support Brownfield
Economic Redevelopment

Planners in northern New Jersey are leading an innovative regional effort to facilitate the redevelopment of abandoned industrial brownfield sites by freight-related businesses. The effort will leverage statewide and regional resources to overcome current constraints to brownfield redevelopment. TCSP funds will be used to create plans to address needed transportation access to brownfield sites and to effectively market the sites for freight-related activities. The project will create new employment opportunities for urban residents, avert inefficient sprawl, reduce the volumes of trucks on regional roads, and promote environmental cleanup and protection.

In northern New Jersey, TCSP funds are leveraging brownfield redevelopment activities to introduce consideration of how transportation investment may impact the potential for redevelopment.

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