Alan M. Voorhees Distinguished Lecture Series The Tragedy of Transportation: Underfunding Our Future Richard Ravitch Former Lieutenant Governor, New York Richard Ravitch is a lawyer, businessman, and public official who has been engaged in private and public business for more than 50 years. Mr. Ravitch is drawn to public service as a lifelong New Yorker. Educated […]
Ralph W. Voorhees, a 1948 graduate of Rutgers University and friend and benefactor to the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Rutgers University, died of natural causes on Monday, November 4. He was 87. A sterling example of volunteerism and civic engagement at its very best, Mr. Voorhees dedicated many years […]
Hanson, C.S., Noland, R., and C. Brown. 2013. “The Severity of Pedestrian Crashes: An Analysis Using Google Street View Imagery.” Journal of Transport Geography. 33: 42-53. Abstract Data derived from visual inspection of Google Street View imagery associated with a variety of pedestrian and road infrastructure features are analyzed with a database of pedestrian casualties. […]
Noland, R.B., Klein, N.J. and N.K. Tulach. 2013. “Do Lower Income Areas Have More Pedestrian Casualities?” Accident Analysis & Prevention 59(2013): 337-345. Abstract Pedestrian and motor vehicle casualties are analyzed for the State of New Jersey with the objective of determining how the income of an area may be associated with casualties. We develop a […]
Park, H., Noland, R.B. and U. Lachapelle. 2013. “Active School Trips: Associations with Caregiver Walking Frequency.” Transport Policy 29: 23-28. Abstract Household and parental characteristics and perceptions of walking and the built environment may reduce the propensity of children to use active travel modes (walking and bicycling) for their school trip. This paper examines whether […]
Law, T. H., Noland, R. B., & Evans, A. W. 2013. “Factors associated with the enactment of safety belt and motorcycle helmet laws.” Risk Analysis. 33(7): 1367-1378. Abstract It has been shown that road safety laws, such as motorcycle helmet and safety belt laws, have a significant effect in reducing road fatalities. Although an expanding […]
Noland, R.B. 2013. “From Theory to Practice in Road Safety Policy: Understanding Risk versus Mobility.” Research in Transportation Economics 43(1): 71-84. Abstract This paper reviews theoretical issues surrounding transport safety modeling and the implications for road safety policy. The behavioral mechanisms that affect transport safety are typically not considered in safety modeling. These issues are […]
Deka, D. 2013. “An Explanation of the Relationship between Adults’ Work Trip Mode and Children’s School Trip Mode through the Heckman Approach.” Journal of Transport Geography 31: 54-63. Abstract Most studies on children’s travel hypothesize that the characteristics of children, households, schools, and neighborhoods exogenously affect their travel mode to school. This study makes an additional assumption […]
Smart, Michael, and Klein, Nicholas J. 2013. “Neighborhoods of affinity: social forces and travel in gay and lesbian neighborhoods.” Journal of the American Planning Association. 79(22): 110-124. Abstract Problem, research strategy, and findings: Planners have traditionally focused on how the physical characteristics of neighborhoods influence people’s activity and travel-patterns, overlooking an equally important factor: the […]
Noland, R.B. 2013 “Communicating the Urgency for Action on Climate Change: Challenges and Approaches.” TR News 287 (July-August 2013): 40-43. Transportation Research Board: Washington, D.C. Explored are such topics as driving distance of electric vehicles, emission reduction technologies for large fleets, carbon footprints for public transportation agencies, and proposed vehicle fuel economy standards in the United States for […]
