Project directed by Anish Kumar while employed at WRT>

As a member of the NJ Transit, Parsons Brinckerhoff and WRT team, Anish Kumar directed numerous planning and design assignments for this 20-mile transit system with 33 stations in Hudson County New Jersey. Starting in the planning phase of the project, Anish was involved throughout the design and engineering process for 8 years and played a key role in implementation of the project as a member of NJ Transit’s Transit Arts Committee and Project Manager for station area planning for the key stations along the line.

Project assignments included:

• Urban Design for Three Intermodal Transportation Hubs: Urban design plans and final landscape architectural designs for three inter-modal hubs at Exchange Place and Grove Street in Jersey City, and Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken. Schematic architectural design of the bus shelter at Exchange Place, the prototype for the System.
• System-Wide Urban Design Guidelines Handbook (Design for Transportation National Honor Award winner): Handbook provides an in-depth understanding of the System’s urban context, assists sensitive design response to the varied urban context of the System by its multiple architects, and ensures system-wide consistency.
• Schematic Landscape Architecture: Schematic landscape architectural documents for the entire system. Includes urban design for the entire 20-mile corridor, 10 of the 17 stations in the Initial Operating System and all 12 stations in the Subsequent Operating System.
• Public Art Master Planning and Implementation: One of five voting members of NJ TRANSIT’s Transit Arts Committee, responsible for master planning and directing implementation of the $5 million public art program for the Initial Operating System.
• Model Station Area Redevelopment Planning: Station area plans for two of the System’s 33 stations. Plans include land use plans to guide commercial and residential development around the new stations, and design guidelines to make the areas surrounding the station attractive and safe for pedestrians. The goal of the plans is to promote activities and create an environment that will promote NJ TRANSIT’s goal of sustainable mobility.