By Hannah Younes, Robert B. Noland, Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Jeffrey Dennis, Colin Roche, and Sam Rosenthal Governor Phil Murphy signed S-147 into law...
Planning
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...
Rutgers POET and NJTPA win John and Jane Q Public Award at TRB
Transportation professionals often find it challenging to communicate critical transportation concepts to a non-technical audience. While some have...
VTC’s Mike Smart writes about why America can’t have high speed trains
Imagine being able to travel from New York to Los Angeles without having to step on a plane, yet be able to do so in a fraction of the time it would...
VTC Prof Bob Noland featured in Civil Society Online!
More than 130,000 people die in road accidents in India every year — the highest in the world. Speeding, drunk driving and not using helmets and...
The New Jersey Trucking Baseline Report: A Reality Check
The New Jersey Trucking Baseline Report: A Reality Check Martin E. Robins and Anne Strauss-Wieder, 38 pages. A paper prepared for The New Jersey...
Rutgers University-Newark & NJ TRANSIT TDM Partnership
Rutgers University-Newark & NJ TRANSIT TDM Partnership Andrea Lubin and Pippa Woods, 60 pages. A final memorandum prepared for Rutgers...
Viability of Personal Rapid Transit In New Jersey
Viability of Personal Rapid Transit In New Jersey Jon Carnegie and Paul Hoffman. A report prepared for the New Jersey Department of Transportation...
Northeast Corridor Action Plan: A Call for a New Federal-State Partnership
Northeast Corridor Action Plan: A Call for a New Federal-State Partnership Martin E. Robins, 36 pages. A report prepared with Hamilton, Rabinovitz...
Georges Road Gateway Planning Project
Georges Road Gateway Planning Project VTC staff and a student project team, 61 pages. Prepared for Radha Jagannathan, Ph.D., and Michael J. Camasso,...
Recent Publications
The Traffic Calming Effect of Delineated Bicycle Lanes
Abstract We analyze the effect of a bicycle lane on traffic speeds. Computer vision techniques are used to detect and classify the speed and trajectory of over 9,000 motor-vehicles at an intersection that was part of a pilot demonstration in which a bicycle lane was...
Concerns expressed by used electric vehicle owners based on surveying social media
Abstract The used EV market is growing as more EVs penetrate the market. To examine who is purchasing used EVs and what concerns they may have, we deployed a survey focused on owners of used EVs. Data was collected online via posting the survey to used-EV-related...
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...
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...