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News
Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) and NJ TRANSIT to Hold NJLUTRANS.org Planning Tool Webinar
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 2:00 to 3:30 PM Register for the webinar! This VTC webinar will showcase new features and data included in version 1.2 of...
Paul J. Wiedefeld to Speak at Voorhees Distinguished Lecture
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy present ...
VTC at TRB 2019!
Please join us at the TRB 98th Annual Meeting! VTC faculty, staff, and students will participate in the following events, sessions, and workshops....
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...
Ph.D. candidate Sicheng Wang receives APA Transportation Planning Grant
Ph.D. Candidate for the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Sicheng Wang received an American Planning Association (APA) Transportation...
Recent Publications
Exploration of millennials’ perception of spending on cities, mass transit, and highways
Abstract In light of declining spending and increasing backlogs for cities and transportation agencies, this study compares the perception of millennials with the perception of older generations regarding public spending on cities, mass transit, and highways in the US...
Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation: Biking for All?
Abstract This is a review of the book "Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation: Biking for All?," edited by Golub, et al. (2016), Routledge, New York (ISBN 978-1-138-95024-5). The review commends the editors and chapter authors for emphasizing the importance of...
Remembrance of Cars and Buses Past
Abstract Does living in a neighborhood with high-quality public transit influence travel behavior later in life, even if you move to a neighborhood with worse transit service? To test this, we construct residential histories of individuals using decades of data from...
Has the Great Recession and its Aftermath Reduced Traffic Fatalities?
Abstract An analysis of state-level data from 1984 to 2014 provides evidence on the relationship between economic recessions and US traffic fatalities. While there are large reductions associated with decreases in household median income, other policy variables tend...