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Passaic CountyWritten by Merritt Hummer & Doug EshlemanORF 467: TransportationFinal ProjectJanuary 13, 2009IntroductionThe purpose of this report is twofold: to provide relevant demographic, geographical, andeconomic information about Passaic County as those topics relates to transportation within the County, and secondly, to propose a Personal Rapid Transit system of our creation based upon our research and calculations. Bordering Passaic County is Orange County, New York to the north, Sussex County to the west, Essex County to the south and Bergen County to the east. The extensive border with Bergen County is the most relevant for our analysis because we are developing the PRT system for that county as well.DemographicsPassaic’s total area is 197 square miles, of which 185 square miles are land and 12 squaremiles or 5.97 percent is water.Passaic is much less populated than Bergen County, with a total of 489,049 people as of 2000. Population density, then, is roughly 2,639 people per square mile. Passaic is hometo 163,856 households, approximately 36 percent of which contain children under the ageof 18. According to the Census of 2000, 52 percent of the households were married couples living together, and 27 percent were classified as “non-families.” In total, the average household size was 2.92, with an average family size slightly higher at 3.42.The population distribution is as follows: 26.10% are under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18to 24, 31.30% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.10% who were 65 years of age and older.The median income for Passaic residents was considerably lower than that of Bergen residents. For households, the median income was $49,210 while the median income for families was $56,054. Per capita income was $21,370. About 12 percent of the population was below the poverty line.Geographical Population DistributionThe below image of Passaic county and the surrounding areas shows all of the productionand attraction data that we used for creating our PRT system. The size of the circles represents the magnitude of the production or attraction located at the center point of eachcircle. Red circles represent production areas, which are primarily residential sites. Yellow circles represent attractions, which are primarily businesses, schools and shoppingcenters. There are a total of 489,049 productions and 614,146 attractions.Looking at the map below, one can immediately see that the densities of the productions and attractions are not distributed evenly across the entire county. The southeastern areasof the county are have much greater densities of productions and attractions then the northwestern areas. Figure 1MunicipalitiesPassaic County is divided into 18 municipalities. For reference, they are listed below along with a map of Bergen municipalities in Figure 2:Bloomingdale (Borough) Paterson (City) Packanack Lake (Community)Macopin (Community) Pompton Lakes (Borough) Pines Lake (Community)Clifton (City) Prospect Park (Borough) Preakness (Community)Haledon (Borough) Ringwood (Borough) West Milford (Township)Hawthorne (Borough) Totowa (Borough) Hewitt (Community)Little Falls (Township) Wanaque (Borough) Newfoundland (Community)North Haledon (Borough) Haskell (Community) Oak Ridge (Community)Passaic (City) Wayne (Township) Woodland Park (Borough)Figure 2Existing Transportation SystemsPassaic has a less extensive set of roads than Bergen due to its partially mountainous terrain and its smaller population. It does, however still have several major highways thatrun through the southern and eastern portions of the county, as listed below.- Garden State Parkway- Interstate 287- Interstate 80- US Route 202, 46, 23, 21, 20, 19, 4, 3As with Bergen, New Jersey Transit operates its Main Line in the eastern part of the county. In addition, numerous NJT bus routes serve Passaic County.EducationIn our analysis, schools (elementary through university-level) make up a large portion of our attractions. There are only a few colleges within Passaic County: - Passaic County Community College- William Paterson University- Montclair State UniversityBelow is a table that ranks the largest schools (elementary through high school level) in Passaic County by student enrollment. Largest High Schools by Student EnrollmentClifton High School 3375 Eastside High School 3087 Passaic High School 2818 John F. Kennedy High School 2795 Passaic Co. Technical Institute High School 2301 West Milford High School 1727 Number 4 Lincoln Middle School 1648 Wayne Hills High School 1385EmploymentAs of 2007, approximately 240,000 people comprised Passaic County’s private sector labor force. Major areas of employment include manufacturing, health services, administrative and waste services, and retail companies. 34% of Passaic’s labor force is employed by one of these industries. Commercial/Educational/Cultural CentersBecause of its smaller size, Passaic does not have nearly the same offerings as Bergen in terms of recreational and commercial zones. The attractions in this category are primarily limited to parks, preserves, and reservations, although Passaic claims one stadium on its territory.Top Recreational AttractionsGarret Mountain Reservation in Woodland ParkGreat Falls State Park in PatersonHigh Mountain Park Preserve in WayneRogers Locomotive and Machine Works in PatersonSkylands, the New Jersey State Botanical GardenYogi Berra Stadium in Little FallsRingwood Manor State Park in RingwoodLong Pond Iron Works in West Milford, New JerseyGarret Mountain Reservation in Woodland ParkPRT System ProposalThe following is a plan for Personal Rapid Transit within Passaic County. The images provided demonstrate our approach to the PRT system and simulate our design within theframework of Google Earth.The first screen shot (Figure 3) presents Passaic County covered in nodes, arcs, and interchanges that make up the skeleton of our Personal Rapid Transit proposal. The entire county is covered in stations and interchanges, so the vast majority of Passaic County residents will have access to a nearby method of transit. Figure 3Although Passaic borders Bergen County, the shape, terrain and distribution of people in the county are very different from Bergen. This is immediately obvious when one looks at the map of the distribution of the population in Figure 4. The greatest populations density is seen in the east and south of the county


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