Freight Movement as an Economic Indicator for New Jersey Martin E. Robins, Pippa Woods with Kaan Osbay, PhD, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and...
Finance & Economics
Principles for a U.S. Public Freight Agenda in a Global Economy
Principles for a U.S. Public Freight Agenda in a Global Economy Martin E. Robins and Anne Strauss-Wieder, 28 pages. A paper prepared for The...
Reform, Revenue, Results: How to Save New Jersey’s Transportation System
Reform, Revenue, Results: How to Save New Jersey's Transportation System Regional Plan Association, 16 pages. VTC and the Bloustein School served as...
Putting the Trust Back in the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund (Executive Summary)
Putting the Trust Back in the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund (Executive Summary) Regional Plan Association, 8 pages. VTC and the Bloustein...
Evaluation of NJ Turnpike and Port Authority Variable Pricing
Evaluation of NJ Turnpike and Port Authority Variable Pricing In partnership with City University of New York (CUNY), VTC conducted research on the...
The Crisis in State Transportation Finance: Lessons Learned from the New Jersey Experience
The Crisis in State Transportation Finance: Lessons Learned from the New Jersey Experience Martin E. Robins, 11 pages. An article published in The...
Fuel Price Adjustment Techniques: A Review of Industry Practice
Fuel Price Adjustment Techniques: A Review of Industry Practice 24 Pages. A Report Prepared for the Monmouth County (NJ) Department of Human...
Blue Ribbon Commission Report: Recommendations for Ensuring a Strong Transportation Network for the 21st Century
Blue Ribbon Commission Report: Recommendations for Ensuring a Strong Transportation Network for the 21st Century Blue Ribbon Transportation...
Bi-State Interdependence Symposium: The Economy and Transportation
Bi-State Interdependence Symposium: The Economy and Transportation Summary Proceedings, 19 Pages. Summary of a joint symposium held at New York...
A Recent History of NJ Transit’s Operations and Capital Budgeting: Too Many Objectives, Too Few Resources, No Accountability
A Recent History of NJ Transit's Operations and Capital Budgeting: Too Many Objectives, Too Few Resources, No Accountability Martin E. Robins, Neil...
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...