Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center

Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center

Cultivating Community, Commerce, and Transit Oriented Development

Apr 10, 2024 | Events

Thursday, May 16, 9 am – 4 pm
Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

 

Join us in New Brunswick on May 16th for a day of collaboration and innovation at the New Jersey TOD Symposium: Cultivating Community, Commerce, and Transit Oriented Development.

This event, presented in partnership with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, the NJ Department of Transportation, and the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University, will bring together experts, stakeholders, and professionals to explore the intersection of community, commerce, and transit-oriented development. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the past and shape the future of transportation and community in New Jersey.

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Schedule of Activities

 

Registration
 
 Networking & Refreshments
Welcome
 
 Remarks by Dr. Stuart Shapiro, Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Dr. Robert Noland, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Distinguished Professor of Transportation Planning and Policy and Director, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center.
Morning Keynote
 
Clarelle DeGraffe

Director / General Manager, PATH
Morning Panel Discussion
 
NJ, PATH & Economic Development

Since 1908, PATH and its predecessor, the H&M Railroad, has connected New York and New Jersey. Join PATH Director Clarelle DeGraffe in a discussion on how PATH has transformed North Jersey, from Jersey City to Newark, and now, Harrison, as a new community rises around the new Harrison PATH station.
Lunch
 

Lunch will be provided.

Guests may wish to visit the permanent installation of the Alan M. Voorhees exhibit on the fourth floor of the Civic Square building.
Afternoon Keynote
 
Megan Fackler

Director of Statewide Planning, New Jersey Department of Transportation
Afternoon Panel Discussion
 
The Transit Village Initiative at 25

Beginning in 1999 with just five communities, the New Jersey Transit Village Initiative has flourished. Now the Initiative boasts 35 municipalities, all dedicated to revitalizing and redeveloping around their transit facilities in support of compact, mixed-use transit friendly neighborhoods. Join us for a discussion highlighting the Initiative’s successes and challenges, as it charts a course toward future opportunities in sustainable, transit friendly neighborhood development.

AICP credits pending.