The VTC Advisory Board met on April 22, 2019. Meeting highlights included the introduction of Dean Thakuriah, updates on the work of the National Transit Institute, the Bloustein School, and VTC’s strategic planning process. Also VTC Director Robert Noland presented preliminary analysis on shared e-scooters.

Charles Brown, VTC senior researcher and adjunct professor, addresses the challenges to creating healthy and sustainable communities through transportation and highlights innovative solutions, including complete streets policies. He also addresses equity issues and what communities can do to improve access to the transportation system for low-income and minority populations

VTC Senior Researcher, Andrea Lubin, joined Rutgers CAIT Dr. Cecilia Feeley and her team at the 2019 Princeton SmartDrivingCar Summit convened at Princeton University, May 14-17. At the Summit, Lubin and Feeley co-led focus groups with persons with disability to discuss their experiences riding in the Olli, a fully autonomous, 3D-printed electric vehicle.

Initial feedback on the focus groups from the two researchers along with thoughts from Dr. Alain Kornhauser, Professor of Operations Research & Financial Engineering at Princeton University, were captured in a SmartDrivingCar podcast, available below.

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Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Ian Girardeau, Stephanie DiPetrillo, Jaime Phillips, Eric Derer, Samantha Donovan, Thomas (TJ) Ricci, and Shannon Eibert accepting the award for Reimagining Bloomfield Streets:: Planning for Health, Equiity, and Safety through Walking, Biking, and Transit around the Watsessing Avenue Transit Station Neighborhood at the APA-NJ Annual Planning Conference.

The Voorhees Transportation Center and the Bloustein School mourns passing of national transportation expert Paul J. Larrousse, Faculty Fellow and Director of the National Transit Institute.

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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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.