Ph.D. Candidate for the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Sicheng Wang received an American Planning Association (APA) Transportation Planning Small Grant which is awarded toward support for programs or studies, social activities, new initiatives, funding speakers, or other innovative opportunities. Grants are typically a maximum of $500 and can be awarded to an […]
Please join VTC faculty, staff, and students at the following 97th TRB Annual Meeting sessions, workshops, and events. Sunday, January 7 Charles Brown, co-presiding Equity Issues in Pedestrian Safety and Accessibility Workshop 1:30PM-4:30PM Monday, January 8 Michael Smart and Nicholas Klein Disentangling the Role of Cars and Transit in Employment and Earnings 8:00 […]
VTC Executive Director Jon Carnegie and VTC Director Emeritus Martin Robins were both appointed by Governor-Elect Philip Murphy to join his Transition 2018 Team. Jon was appointed to the Transportation Committee and Martin will Co-Chair the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. As Murphy stated in a recent press announcement about Transition 2018, “New Jersey needs an […]
On Monday October 30, 2017, VTC’s Leigh Ann Von Hagen and Sean Meehan, together with partners from the Plainfield Public School District and the City of Plainfield, received a 2017 NJ APA Planning Excellence Award for the state’s first district-wide school travel plan. The plan resulted from the fall 2016 graduate studio where students, working […]
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. The legislation was inspired by the final report from a two-year research project led by CAIT project manager Dr. Cecilia Feeley and coauthors Dr. Devajyoti Deka and Andrea Lubin from […]
The Regional Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan (CHSTP) identifies the transportation needs of seniors, low-income people, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. The plan provides strategies for meeting those needs and prioritizing transportation services for funding and implementation. Human services transportation planning has a profound effect on the lives of the people it serves. The right […]
VTC Director Bob Noland together with Marc Weiner, Stephanie DiPetrillo, Andrea Lubin, and Sean Meehan have begun work on an assessment of the current and future training needs facing the transit industry. Specifically, the project objective is to: Identify and assess the current and future training needs of the transit industry Examine issues of employee […]
Get Going on Transit!, an experiential transit education program coordinated by NJTIP @ Rutgers, was conducted in New Brunswick on Thursday July 27, 2017. Many participants were from New Brunswick including residents and students from the Joseph Kohn Training Center. Participants also included clients from the Vocational Rehabilitation Program at JFK Hospital in Edison and […]
VTC staff led by David Aimen, with support from Charles Brown and Catherine Bull provided subject matter expertise for the development of a FREE new web-based training course, the Fundamentals of Environmental Justice, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Institute. This free 4-hour online course should be of interest to transportation practitioners […]
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Masters in City and Regional Planning (MCRP) students Daehee Kim and Thalya Reyes(dual MPP candidate) are the recipients of 2017 APTF Scholarships. This marks the seventh straight year at least one Bloustein student has been awarded APTF scholarships; overall, 10 Bloustein students have received scholarships during that time. All […]
