Please join us at the TRB 98th Annual Meeting! VTC faculty, staff, and students will participate in the following events, sessions, and workshops....
Year: 2018
VTC & Bloustein School mourns passing of national transportation expert Paul J. Larrousse, Faculty Fellow and Director of the National Transit Institute
It is with great sadness that the Bloustein School announces the passing of Paul J. Larrousse, Faculty Fellow and Director of the National Transit...
PhD candidate Sicheng Wang is recipient of 2018 APTF Scholarship
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Ph.D. candidate Sicheng Wang is the recipient of 2018...
Rutgers POET and NJTPA win Silver APA Award for Innovative Outreach!
Innovations in Public Engagement is a public outreach program developed by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) — which...
Mary Buchanan Receives 2018 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Mary Buchanan is the 2018 recipient of the Mortensen-Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Mary will be joining the research...
Daniel Sperling to Speak at Voorhees Distinguished Lecture
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy present The Alan M. Voorhees...
Recent Publications
How transport journals weed out qualitative research and why it matters
Transportation researchers rarely publish findings from qualitative methods in peer-reviewed transportation journals; quantitative methods dominate research in the field. In this article, we document the paucity of qualitative research in transportation journals and...
NCHRP Research Report 1178: Improving Virtual Public Involvement in Transportation Agencies
Virtual public involvement (VPI), defined by the Federal Highway Administration as “the use of digital technology to engage individuals or to visualize projects or plans,” is now an essential part of public participation in transportation planning and project...
Carbon Emissions and Remote Work at a Large University System
We report on an analysis of carbon emissions from commuting to a large multi-campus university system, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. This is derived from a campus survey to assess carbon emissions and various attitudes towards sustainability across a...
Their Experiences: Understanding Women and LGBTQ+ Transit Users in New Jersey
Women and sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) have unique transportation experiences and needs, including public transit services. However, there is a gap in the data that documents their experiences and needs. This paper aims to add to existing research by examining...