Arterial

05/31/2026

As comes to a close, it's worth recognizing that parks are more than amenities, they are essential infrastructure. 🌳

Access to well-designed can reduce stress, foster social connection, and provide opportunities for the relaxation and restoration that healthy communities depend on: https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/its-time-to-design-city-parks-as-mental-health-infrastructure-for-everyone/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

For the past two years, nature has been celebrated for its psychological benefits. How should this perspective inform our approach to public space?

05/28/2026

All good things must come to an end...even . 😞 Established in 1956 and promoted by the League of American Bicyclists, National Bike Month provides a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling and encourage more folks to get out there and give it a try. 🚲

For our final project highlight, we're getting up close and personal with some of the bicycle infrastructure at Connell Park aka The Park.NJ in Berkeley Heights! 🕵️‍♂️ Working with The Connell Company, Arterial developed a landscape master plan that transformed the traditional 180-acre office park into a connected, mixed-use destination now described as New Jersey’s first “work resort.” A major focus of the plan was enhancing walkability and multimodal connectivity through an integrated network of walking and jogging trails, renovated streets, plazas, parks, and pedestrian gathering spaces that tie the campus together. 🚴‍♂️🌳

Arterial also played a key role in designing the site’s , incorporating buffered , bike boxes, bike parking, and coordination with the campus’ branded bike share program to encourage active transportation across the property. Combined with outdoor co-work areas, fitness amenities, flexible recreation spaces, and improved public realm design, the project creates a healthier, more connected campus experience centered on wellness and mobility. 🧘‍♀️

Learn more about The Park.NJ here: https://theparkatnj.com/

And learn more Arterial's role on our website: https://www.arterialstreets.com/project-details/connell-park%3A-site-repositioning

05/23/2026

Last week, Scotch Plains Township leaders and developer Woodmont Properties detailed the long-anticipated downtown redevelopment plan at a public information session, outlining a mixed-use vision centered on a vision for downtown that includes residential properties, affordable housing, parking, and pedestrian plazas. 🗺

Arterial is proud to be part this evolving vision for through the Township’s partnership with Woodmont on a redevelopment plan that will reshape the town center over the next 7-10 years. 🏗 The project includes a new mixed-use development, public plazas, streetscape improvements, enhanced pedestrian connections, and more, all designed to create a more walkable, community-oriented downtown while maintaining the character of Scotch Plains. 🌳🚶‍♀️

Read more: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/scotch-plains-slash-fanwood/sections/community-life/articles/scotch-plains-unveils-woodmont-properties-downtown-plan-with-a-7-10-year-build-out

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Township leaders and Woodmont detailed the long-anticipated downtown redevelopment plan at a public information session, outlining a mixed-use vision centered on a vision for...

05/20/2026

It's World Bee Day! 🐝

It’s important to remember that are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we eat, yet their populations continue to decline due to habitat loss and pesticide use. Native plants play a critical role because pollinators and have evolved together over time, creating the food sources and habitats that bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators depend on to survive. 🦋🌼

At Arterial, we're committed to incorporating native vegetation into our projects whenever possible, helping to create landscapes that support and strengthen ecosystems for both people and pollinators. 🌿

Read more: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/idkt-planting-for-pollinators.htm

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05/19/2026

Clang, clang, clang went the trolley! Ding, ding, ding went the bell! 🚃

Earlier this month, Arterial Junior Designer Nicole Vuono attended the 2026 Streetlife Crossroads Seminar in Brooklyn & Long Island City, hosted by Streetlife in partnership with ASLA NY and Landezine. Focused on “Urban Microclimates: Landscape Strategies for Cooler Cities,” the seminar explored , urban , and the role of in creating more resilient cities. 💪

The program included a trolley tour of several waterfront landscape architecture projects, including Marsha P Johnson State Park designed by Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, Williamsburg Wharf designed by SCAPE, and Malt Drive Park also by SCAPE, followed by afternoon seminar sessions and discussions on climate-responsive . 🌱

Inspo is all around us! ✨

05/16/2026

Two cities. Two dramatically different approaches to waterfront development. 🌊 Both New York and Hong Kong are balancing public access, density, commercial pressures, and urban identity in distinct ways. Through projects along each city’s shoreline, let's explore how , , and connectivity shape the relationship between people and the water while revealing the tradeoffs each city makes in building at the edge.

Read more: https://www.archdaily.com/1038456/building-at-the-edge-new-york-and-hong-kongs-competing-waterfront-logics

Explore the architectural evolution of waterfront projects in NYC and Hong Kong, balancing public access and commercial ambition.

05/13/2026

May is ! 🚲 Established in 1956 and promoted by the League of American Bicyclists, National Bike Month provides a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling and encourage more folks to get out there and give it a try.

They say "Trenton Makes, the World Takes." 🏭 Well, hopefully this project can give a little back to our State Capital. Today, we're sharing a site plan and renderings of a project that's chock full of great ... the South Broad Street Streetscape Re-Design in the City of Trenton NJ!

Arterial is collaborating with Dynamic Traffic and Mercer County, New Jersey on the transformation of South Broad Street in with a shared vision to revitalize one of the City’s most historic corridors. More than just an infrastructure upgrade, the project aims to create a safer, more inviting environment through upgraded traffic signals and intersections, new ADA-compliant ramps and crossings, enhanced mid-block crossing and plaza spaces, enhanced sidewalks, bike facilities, pedestrian amenities, street trees, and placemaking features that support long-term revitalization. ✨

Set against the backdrop of Trenton’s rich industrial legacy, evident in landmarks like Roebling Market and Millyard Park, the redesign supports the reactivation of this corridor while celebrating the City’s unique history. 🏭

05/12/2026

Don your mouse ears, because in our latest edition of our award-winning series "Places That Inspire" we're headed to "The Most Magical Place on Earth"! 🐭

Arterial Junior Urban Designer Nicole Vuono recently visited Walt Disney World's Riviera Resort at EPCOT and was struck by some of the park's more inspired design elements from its seating to its thoughtfully designed plazas and public spaces. ✨

If you've been to , what's your opinion of its elements? Magical? Or uninspired? 💭

05/09/2026

A new chapter is beginning for one of Newark’s most iconic landmarks. 🏰 Originally constructed in the 1930s as part of Branch Brook Park’s expansion, the castle-like tower at Salvatore Bontempo Memorial Park has long served as a visual landmark and gathering space in the City’s North Ward and still anchors the surrounding neighborhood decades later.

The City of Newark, NJ - City Hall recently broke ground on the long-awaited renovation of Sal Bontempo Park in partnership with the Bloomfield Avenue Lower Broadway Alliance, blending with climate resilience and modern public space design. Arterial was originally engaged by the Bloomfield Avenue BID several years ago to develop the park’s vision and initial design, centered around strategies such as rain gardens, permeable surfaces, expanded tree canopy, and planting systems designed to manage stormwater while creating a more inviting and functional park for the community. 🌳

Learn more: https://www.nj.com/essex/2026/04/this-medieval-tower-helped-transform-njs-largest-city.html

The Pequanock Water Tower is a memorial to the mayor who gave Newark safer drinking water, and now at the center of a $1.2 million makeover of a surrounding park.

05/08/2026

Less than a month until ! ⌛ Arterial is a proud Colleague-level sponsor of the 2026 New Jersey Planning & Redevelopment Conference, hosted by New Jersey Future x New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association!

On Friday, June 12th Arterial Managing Principal & CEO Dave Lustberg will be part of a Downtown New Jersey panel on "From Commercial Core to Community Core: Rethinking Downtown Land Use, Design, and Investment." 👨‍🏫

Panelists Include:

🟠 Moderator: Natalie Piniero, Downtown New Jersey Executive Director
🟠 Chris Bernardo, Commercial District Services LLC President & Chief Executive Officer
🟠 Aisha Glover, Audible Global Head of Urban Innovation
🟠 Michelle Pirone Lambros, Princeton, NJ Government Council President
🟠 Dave Lustberg, Arterial Managing Principal & CEO

Meet us in the Hub City for an insightful conversation on ! 🌆 Learn more and register here: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/njprc26/home