The WTS Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship was established in 1981 by WTS International to encourage women to pursue career paths in transportation.
Ellen O. White is a recipient of the the Helene M. Overly/ Leonard Braun Graduate Scholarship
Join VTC and its NJ Safe Routes to School Program
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey seeks qualified candidates to fill two project coordinator positions.
Seeking Student Researchers for Onboard Ridership Surveys
VTC wishes identify current and incoming Rutgers University students who are interested in conducting onboard ridership surveys between early September and early December of 2021.
Ayla Schermer Receives 2021 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Ayla Schermer is the 2021 recipient of the Mortensen-Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Each year, this award is granted to the highest-achieving student with a concentration in transportation at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. The award is named for two individuals well-known for their contributions to the field […]
A Century of Progress: The Port Authority’s first 100 years
Join the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on July 16th for a half-day virtual symposium, “A Century of Progress: The Port Authority’s first 100 years.”
Transport innovation and Covid-19 recovery: Designing urban environment
Join VTC Director Robert Noland on May 12th for a pre-summit panel of the International Transport Forum 2021 Summit. Professor Noland will present on “Public views on the reallocation of street space and walking during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Andrea Lubin speaks on Autonomous Vehicles at U.S. Access Board Forum
VTC Senior Researcher Andrea Lubin presented this week with her Rutgers CAIT Colleague Cecilia Feeley at the U.S. Access Board Forum on Inclusive Design of Autonomous Vehicles.
Identifying Current and Future Training Needs of the Public Transportation Industry (FTA Report 0191)
VTC researchers Robert Noland, Stephanie DiPetrillo, and Andrea Lubin, working in conjunction with the National Transit Institute, recently completed Identifying Current and Future Training Needs of the Public Transportation Industry (Report 0191) is now available on the FTA Reports and Publications page.
Best Practices: Helping Frontline Employees Transition to Frontline Supervisors
NTI partnered with Insight Strategies to develop a course to prepare new and future frontline supervisors.
New Health in All Policies continuing education training course: June 18, 2021
On June 18, the Bloustein School’s Planning Healthy Communities Initiative (PHCI) will lead an introductory training on Health in All Policies, focusing on how to bring community health and equity into planning processes and decision-making, emerging tools to build capacity for health advancement in planning, and how to support health in all policies.