Jeffrey Young is the 2024 recipient of the Mortensen-Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies.
News
VTC 25th Anniversary: Celebrating a Visionary with an Update on a New Hudson River Rail Tunnel
by Philip Plotch for Eno Center for Transportation, May 12, 2023 The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center celebrated its 25th anniversary this...
Beyond Bombers and NJTIP @ Rutgers
NJTIP @ Rutgers is happy to see the Beyond Bombers Café featured on the front page of the Home New Tribune. NJTIP has had the pleasure of offering...
Avenues in Motion’ gathers community leaders, experts to improve road safety in Morris County
RANDOLPH TWP. – “Avenues in Motion” brought together local government officials and industry experts to discuss ways to improve roadway safety and...
Eva Lerner-Lam Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
We applaud long-time VTC board member Eva Lerner-Lam on her recent election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)!
Jacob Thompson featured in hometown newspaper
In August 2022, Midland College received an online donation to the Chaparral Circle Endowment Fund Court of Honor from Jacob Thompson with the...
VTC At TransAction
When it’s time to stop driving, how can seniors get around car-centric New Jersey?
Karen Alexander and her colleagues at NJTIP@Rutgers teach seniors how to use NJ Transit. They have plotted destinations along the 73 bus line in Morris and Essex counties.
Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Spark a Bicycling Boom?
This New Jersey State Policy Lab blog, authored by Robert B. Noland, Hannah Younes, Leigh Ann Von Hagen, and James Sinclair, examined a recent analysis of the various travel behavior changes due to the pandemic, specifically the surge in bicycling activity.
TRB AMS50 Webinar: Telecommuting in the Pandemic Era
“Telecommuting in the Pandemic Era (Part 2)” will be hosted by the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Land Use (AMS50) from 10-11 AM New York Time, Friday February 10, 2023.
Recent Publications
Working from Home and Walking during and after COVID
We investigate the relationship between people who worked from home during the pandemic and how often they walked before, during, and after COVID. We find that people who worked from home during the pandemic had the largest increases in walking frequency compared to...
Transit communication via Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic
Transit providers have used social media (e.g., Twitter) as a powerful platform to shape public perception and provide essential information, especially during times of disruption and disaster. This work examines how transit agencies used Twitter during the COVID-19...
Section 5310 Microtransit Planning Study: Phase I & II Final Report
The full title of this study is In Pursuit of Seamless Borders: Exploring Microtransit Pilot Viability to Facilitate NJ Community Transit Inter-County Mobility. The main intent of this planning study was to investigate the feasibility of microtransit as a...
Gender split and safety behavior of cyclists and e-scooter users in Asbury Park, NJ
Abstract Micromobility usage has increased significantly in the last several years as exemplified by shared e-scooters and privately owned bicycles. In this study, we use traffic camera footage to observe the behavior of over 700 shared e-scooters and privately owned...