It is with a heavy heart that we share the sad news of the passing of our longtime friend and transportation visionary, Louis Gambaccini.

Louis was the founding director of VTC, and later a board member and senior fellow. He also served for two years as director of The National Transit Institute. As many of you know, Lou engineered the creation of NJ TRANSIT and was the first and founding chairman of its board of directors. His career in transportation spanned over 40 years, during which time he shaped regional transportation policy while serving as New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation and holding senior positions at both the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and SEPTA.

Nan Chen, Sean Meehan, Leigh Ann Von Hagen, and Elise Bremer-Nei, accepting a 2017 NJ APA Planning Excellence Award for the state’s first district-wide school travel plan.

In May 2017, Governor Chris Christie signed legislation that takes an important step toward meeting the transportation needs of New Jersey citizens with developmental disabilities.

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Michael J. Smart and Nicholas J. Klein explore how past experiences with transit affects transportation behaviors later in life.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, VTC’s Robert Noland and Marc Weiner, together with Michael Greenberg, surveyed NJ residents to explore people’s willingness to increase spending on infrastructure and pay for it through taxes.