UpNext North Jersey

Thank you for participating in UpNext North Jersey! We created this group to engage motivated change-makers, ages 21-30, who are interested in shaping transportation and land use policy in our 13-county northern and central New Jersey region. Your input and feedback are vital to the work that the NJTPA does. Incorporating diverse perspectives, like yours, into our transportation planning work helps us make our transportation system better for everyone.

Our goal for this site to share information and give you a place where you can network and communicate with each other. Have ideas for how we can improve it? Reach out to Melissa at mhayes@njtpa.org.

You cannot leave comment in this blogpost unless you are a part of the project panel.

Photos: Rail Trail Connections

Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday! We appreciate your input on the Pompton Valley Rail Trail and how we can better connect it to Mountain View Trail Station and the surrounding community!
If you missed the event and want to learn more about our trail studies underway, visit njtpa.org/trails
We're also planning to visit the Traction Line Recreation Trail in the future, so stay tuned!
Starting at Mountain View Train Station

Exploring an off-trail connection to the nearby shopping center

Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday! We appreciate your input on the Pompton Valley Rail Trail and how we can better connect it to Mountain View Trail Station and the surrounding community!
If you missed the event and want to learn more about our trail studies underway, visit njtpa.org/trails
We're also planning to visit the Traction Line Recreation Trail in the future, so stay tuned!
Starting at Mountain View Train Station

Exploring an off-trail connection to the nearby shopping center
You cannot leave comment in this blogpost unless you are a part of the project panel.

Pompton Valley Rail Trail Visit

Join us at the Pompton Valley Rail Trail on Saturday September 12 to provide input for our trail corridor study. Please feel free to bring your friends, this event is open to all young adults, not just UpNext members. If you are able to attend, please RSVP by September 9.
Located in Passaic and Morris Counties, this study explores options for connecting the existing Highlands Rail Trail and the Pompton Valley Rail Trail. It will also examine a possible connection from the Pompton Valley Rail Trail to the NJ TRANSIT Mountain View Station in Wayne.
The Pompton Valley Rail Trail is a 5.1-mile paved and boardwalk trail built along a former railroad line. There is a gap of about 2.25 miles between the northern end of the trail in Pequannock Township and the southern end of the Highlands Rail Trail in Wanaque Borough. There is also a smaller gap of about 0.1 miles between the southern end of the PVRT and the Mountain View Train Station.
This is one of two trail corridor studies underway. The other is exploring options for extending the Traction Line Recreation Trail, which we hope to visit with you in the coming months!
If you haven't already please take the survey. We hope you can join us at the trail next month!
Join us at the Pompton Valley Rail Trail on Saturday September 12 to provide input for our trail corridor study. Please feel free to bring your friends, this event is open to all young adults, not just UpNext members. If you are able to attend, please RSVP by September 9.
Located in Passaic and Morris Counties, this study explores options for connecting the existing Highlands Rail Trail and the Pompton Valley Rail Trail. It will also examine a possible connection from the Pompton Valley Rail Trail to the NJ TRANSIT Mountain View Station in Wayne.
The Pompton Valley Rail Trail is a 5.1-mile paved and boardwalk trail built along a former railroad line. There is a gap of about 2.25 miles between the northern end of the trail in Pequannock Township and the southern end of the Highlands Rail Trail in Wanaque Borough. There is also a smaller gap of about 0.1 miles between the southern end of the PVRT and the Mountain View Train Station.
This is one of two trail corridor studies underway. The other is exploring options for extending the Traction Line Recreation Trail, which we hope to visit with you in the coming months!
If you haven't already please take the survey. We hope you can join us at the trail next month!
You cannot leave comment in this blogpost unless you are a part of the project panel.

Kickin It & Connect

Thanks to everyone who came out to Kickin It and Connect, the UpNext and NJTPA networking event in June! For those who missed it, you can check out the recap here.
NJTPA staff shared information about our Active Transportation Plan Update, which is getting underway this summer. We'll share the project website as soon as it's live, but this effort includes two trail extension studies, the Pompton Valley Rail Trail and the Traction Line Recreation Trail. Stay tuned for details!
We're in the process of planning events for the coming year! If you have a suggestion, head over to the Ideas tool and post a sticky note! We'd love to get your input.
Thanks to everyone who came out to Kickin It and Connect, the UpNext and NJTPA networking event in June! For those who missed it, you can check out the recap here.
NJTPA staff shared information about our Active Transportation Plan Update, which is getting underway this summer. We'll share the project website as soon as it's live, but this effort includes two trail extension studies, the Pompton Valley Rail Trail and the Traction Line Recreation Trail. Stay tuned for details!
We're in the process of planning events for the coming year! If you have a suggestion, head over to the Ideas tool and post a sticky note! We'd love to get your input.