Jersey City Master Plan / Circulation Element 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview Situated in the heart of the world’s premier urban center, the City of Jersey City is a crossroads of local, regional, national, and international travel. The impacts of Jersey City’s location are reflected everyday in its vibrant neighborhoods, diverse population, and its rapidly-changing cityscape. This has always been the case in Jersey City. From its earliest days, the City has been an important center of maritime activity and trade due to its prime waterfront location on the Hackensack River and Newark Bay to the west, and the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay to the east. Later, during America’s age of immigration, Jersey City became the Nation’s door to the world as it welcomed new Americans at Ellis Island. Every point in Jersey City’s history has been accompanied by a remarkable amount of investment in its infrastructure. This is particularly evident in its extensive freight and passenger rail, ferry, roadway, pedestrian, and bicycle transportation networks. Investment in Jersey City continues today. With its 15 square miles, estimated population of 260,712 residents, and highly-developed, multi-modal transportation system, Jersey City is arguably New Jersey’s fastest-growing municipality and has one of the highest modal splits in the United States. Jersey City is a dense, urban environment with an economically, racially, and linguistically diverse population. It is a city of neighborhoods, each with its own flair, character, and features1, and a major employment center with approximately fourteen million square feet of prime office space. Moreover, it is a critical transportation hub for trans-Hudson traffic, and, with over seventy redevelopment areas, Jersey City is a city under transformation that is poised to become a world-class destination. In consideration of the above, the City of Jersey City has prepared this Circulation Element in accordance with NJSA 40:55D-1 et seq. It is the purpose of this Circulation Element to provide for the City’s current transportation needs and to prepare the City’s transportation system for the road that lies ahead and realize the City’s vision for 2050. Photo Source: Jersey City Division of City Planning 1 Jersey City’s community features are mapped in Figure 1.1-1 Page 1 N o r t h A r ll ii n g t o n B o r o u g h LL h c y n y a Y r R t B nn A h e d D c e n n r N d t la d a r S s O N g C B J n hh 9 i E n 49 3 K S r 5 e S . T uu h E t C W N r O E o N D o rr N A t M R N Y ss n IG e L k t A t w T a S E TT h e W e - o E o W IK P ww N R N o r t h B e r g e n T o w n s h ii p n U n W T . J s e . s e N h , h 5 h a 9 w - e I in ii r L W e e h a w k e n T o w n s h ii p k o e pp d ri n or C W t N t s & J o a S 4 e S 9 h E 5 W rt Y o C N N A . 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