In January 2013, VTC interviewed Tom Deen. As leader and innovator in the field of transportation, Deen’s career exemplified his commitment to excellence and pursuit of solutions to transportation problems.
Oral History Initiative
Alan E. Pisarski
In January 2015, VTC interviewed Alan Pisarski. For more than 35 years, Mr. Pisarski has served as an independent writer, analyst and consultant in areas related to travel behavior, transport policy, and data development.
Martin Robins
In October 2012, VTC interviewed Martin Robins, whose career in transportation planning and policy has spanned nearly 50 years. He served as director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University and in 1998 founded its predecessor organization, the Voorhees Transportation Policy Institute.
Martin Wachs
In January 2015, VTC interviewed Martin Wachs, Professor Emeritus of Civil & Environmental Engineering and of City & Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where he directed the Institute of Transportation Studies.
Louis Gambaccini
In November 2012, VTC interviewed Louis Gambaccini, whose career in transportation and planning spanned more than 50 years. In 1998, he established the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and was a senior fellow emeritus at that institution.
Recent Publications
Comparing injuries from e-scooters, e-bikes, and bicycles in the United States
There is a growing perception that e-scooters are more dangerous than bicycles and e-bikes, with towns implementing measures to ban their usage. Yet, there is not much evidence from large scale surveys to substantiate this claim. Nearly 14,000 micromobility injuries...
Equal charging for all: Are there income-based disparities in public charging stations?
We compare charging station accessibility for different income groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using a microsimulation model, we estimate charging station accessibility under varying battery range scenarios, assuming different income groups have vehicles with...
New Jersey Micromobility Guide (2025)
The New Jersey Micromobility Guide serves as a resource for micromobility users across the state, collecting and summarizing the laws and safety best practices that can make riders safer. Micromobility, which includes e-bikes, e-scooters, and other low-speed devices,...
The deal breaker theory of cycling: A new approach to understanding bike behavior
Most locations across the world have a large un-tapped pool of people who do not bike at all and an even larger pool who do not bike for transportation. To increase cycling, we must better understand this group and the reasons they do not ride. I propose a new theory...