At the recent press conference announcing plans for a new Giants-Jets football stadium, the NJ DOT unveiled its plan to deal with the congestion on local roads the stadium and the adjacent Xanadu recreation mall is likely to generate — add road capacity.

   The centerpiece of the transportation element is adding 60% more traffic capacity to local roads and construction of a new train station (MTR #503).  The road expansion will be completed before the train station, encouraging people to take their cars and undercutting any chance that people with a choice will use NJ Transit.  Despite the pleas of local municipalities (MTR #498) the state refuses to look comprehensively at the transportation needs and mass transit opportunities created by all of the new development in the Sports Complex.

   The plan throws one bone thrown to transit; it outlines an internal pedestrian plan that features dedicated walkways between the new stadium, mall, arena, racetrack and train station.

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