Andrea Lubin, Stephanie DiPetrillo and Steven R. Fittante. 121 pages. (Client: NJ Department of Human Services) December 2012. New Jersey’s 21 county community transportation providers – like many of their peers nationwide – are facing economic difficulties in maintaining and enhancing the vital services they provide to transportation disadvantaged persons, including people with disabilities seeking […]
Connecting to Jobs by Connecting to Transit. Andrea Lubin, Stephanie DiPetrillo, and Louis Hoffman. 58 pages. (Client: NJ Department of Human Services) December 2012. During an 18-month period, the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers University, in collaboration with the nonprofit, travel training organization NJ TIP Inc., developed, piloted, and refined a transportation […]
Lubin, A. and D. Deka. 2012. “The Role of Public Transportation as a Job Search Mode: Lessons from a Survey of Persons with Disabilities in New Jersey.” Transportation Research Record, 2277: 90–97. Abstract Transportation barriers are often the reason for the discrepancy in the employment rate between people with disabilities and others, yet little information […]
Deka, D., and J. Carnegie. 2012. “Forecasting Shelter Accessibility and Vehicle Availability for Hurricane Evacuation in Northern New Jersey Using Sample Enumeration.” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 30(3): 275-300. Abstract As a part of a statewide effort to update county emergency management plans and to develop regional mass evacuation plans for New Jersey’s […]
Alan M. Voorhees Distinguished Lecture Series Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City Peter Norton Technology historian and assistant professor at the University of Virginia, Peter Norton, will present this fall’s Alan M. Voorhees Distinguished Lecture. He is the author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American […]
Pucher, J.R. and R. Buehler. 2012. City Cycling. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press. Bicycling in cities is booming, for many reasons: health and environmental benefits, time and cost savings, more and better bike lanes and paths, innovative bike sharing programs, and the sheer fun of riding. City Cycling offers a guide to this urban cycling renaissance, with […]
Lubin, A. 2012. “Persons with Disabilities Seeking Employment & Public Transportation: Findings of a New Jersey Survey.” Disability and Work Research Brief. John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and the Kessler Foundation. Over a seven-month period in 2010-2011, the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey conducted […]
Deka, D. 2012. “The Impacts of Non-Residential Parking Restrictions at Commuter Rail Stations.” Journal of Transport Geography. 24: 451-461. Abstract At commuter rail stations in many affluent suburban communities of New Jersey, non-residents are prohibited from parking or are charged a higher fee. This paper examines the impacts of non-resident parking restrictions on rail usage. […]
Chatman, D.G., Noland R.B., Tulach, N.K., Grady, B.P., Ozbay, K., Rognlien, L., Desautels, A., Alexander, L., and Steer Davies Gleave. 2012. “Methodology for Determining the Economic Development Impacts of Transit Projects.” TCRP Web-Only Document 56. TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 56: Methodology for Determining the Economic Development Impacts of Transit Projects explores development […]
Transit Oriented Development: What Does the Research Tell Us? Jon Carnegie, AICP/PP. May 2012. A presentation made to a joint meeting of the Somerville, New Jersey council, planning board and zoning board of adjustment. Presentation
