News
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.
More Funds for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure...
Max Toth MCRP ’23 is recipient of SAE Metro Section Fellowship
MCRP candidate Max Toth (2023) was recently awarded the New York City Metropolitan Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers Section Fellowship. The award was established to provide financial assistance to students enrolled at the Bloustein School who have an interest in electric vehicle infrastructure issues. This is the first in a series of cash scholarship awards that the SAE Met Section has pledged to Rutgers honoring the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center over the next several years.
Advancing New Jerseyʼs Climate Goals with Transportation Infrastructure Investments
Watch the recording from this virtual Climate Academy to learn how different scenarios of federal transportation investments may contribute to New Jerseyʼs efforts to achieve its statewide 2030 and 2050 greenhouse gas emissions limits.
Spring 2022 Micromobility Graduate Studio is Recipient of APA-NJ Outstanding Student Project Award
A Bloustein School graduate studio project team is the recipient of the 2022 New Jersey Planning Excellence Outstanding Student Project Award for...
Bloustein Doctoral Students Awarded 2022 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships
Bloustein doctoral students Angela Johnson-Rodriguez, Wei San Loh and Ellen O. White are the 2022 recipients of Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships.
Ralph: Four Ways To Build A Better Automated Enforcement Program
Decades of evidence that technology like speed cameras reliably reduces car crashes on the corridors where they're sited — not to mention their...
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...