JERSEY CITY-Ridership on the seven-year-old Hudson-Bergen Light Rail increased 24% in the past year. New stops are being added every year, and have become hubs for numerous commercial developments. NJ-Naiop arranged a private Light Rail train up and down the Hudson coast, showing private real estate professionals what redevelopment is underway, and what is still available.

The tour started at the West Side Station, which has an 800-car parking lot but which only sees about 200 cars per day. Neal Fitzsimmons, director of light rail service planning at New Jersey Transit, says it was better to build the lot over all the land they had, rather than have a smaller lot overlooking a vacant parcel.

The Liberty State Park station, across from the just-reopened Liberty Science Center, is one of the most popular stations. Its 1,400-car lot is always full, since it’s just off of Exit 14C of the Turnpike.

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