Join us for a Celebration of the Lives and Legacies of John J. Heldrich & Ralph W. Voorhees Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Heldrich Livingston Ballroom 10 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick, NJ Sponsored by Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development […]
VTC’s Charles Brown talks about Complete Streets

Charles Brown, Senior Research Specialist at VTC was interviewed by Jill Horner from Comcast Newsmakers about Complete Streets in New Jersey! Great job, Charles!!
VTC Researchers in the UTC Spotlight

The US veterans with disability research recently conducted by VTC senior researchers Stephanie DiPetrillo and Andrea Lubin has been chosen as a US DOT’s University Transportation Centers Program spotlight initiative. This research was conducted as part of the Mineta National Transit Research Consortium. Click here to learn more.
What are the 10 Best Towns to Ride Bikes in NJ? Check out the NJ Bike Ped Resource Center Bicycling Benchmarking Report

The New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center is pleased to announce the release of the first ever Bicycling Benchmarking Report for New Jersey. The report provides a comprehensive summary of the bicycle environment at the municipal level throughout the state, using extensive data from 60 municipalities as a baseline. This benchmarking report highlights many […]
NJ SRTS Program Update Report (June 2014)

The New Jersey Safe Routes to School Program: A Review of Three Years of Services, Training, Research, Outreach and Technical Assistance June 2014 marked the conclusion of the third full year of the enhanced non-infrastructure program housed at the New Jersey Safe Routes to School Resource Center (NJSRTS RC) at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation […]
Bicycling to Rail Stations in NJ: 2013 Benchmarking Report

The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center collected data to document the current levels of travel by bicyclists to rail transit stations during commuting hours, to learn about the conditions they encounter along their trips and at stations, to understand their motivations in choosing this means of access to stations, and to learn in more detail […]
Gay Men Travel Shorter Distances than the Average Person

VTC’s Mike Smart was featured in an Atlantic Cities writeup of an article with recent PhD graduate Nick Klein on travel patterns in LGBT neighborhoods. Gay men living in gay neighborhoods travel much shorter distances on average than their straight next-door neighbors do. Read the full article here.
Costs and Benefits of a Road Diet for Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, NJ

Costs and Benefits of a Road Diet for Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey Robert B. Noland, Dong Gao, Eric J. Gonzales, Charles Brown, and Glenn Patterson. 29 pages. March 2014. Final Report
NJ Crossing Guard Training Program Summary Report

Crossing guards play a vital role in the lives of children who walk or bike to school each day. At the same time, the position of crossing guard is one of the most dangerous of municipal jobs due to slips, trips, and falls, and crashes involving motor vehicles. In an effort to address safety concerns […]
NJ SRTS Update Report (December 2013)

Review of the New Jersey Safe Routes to School Program: Services, Training, Coordination, Research and Technical Assistance Update Report NJ SRTS Resource Center is a partnership between the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and the NJ Department of Transportation has continued and was expanded to include all eight of NJ’s Transportation Management Associations (TMAs). Through […]