The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in major changes in how people work and travel. Research by Robert Noland and Wenwen Zhang suggests that some of these changes are likely to endure.
Blog
Looking Forward: Issues and Opportunities that will Shape the Future of the Port Authority Region
December 7, 2021
Florio Forum, Bloustein School
Ellen O. White Receives Student Aspiration Merit Award
Ph.D. candidate Ellen O. White recently received the Student Aspiration Merit Award for a Multimedia Session at the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation (ICOET).
Lunchtime Tech Talk: What Happens Now? Virtual Public Engagement During and Beyond Covid-19
October 6th, 2021, 12:00-1:30pm
Virtual
Rutgers Students Needed to Conduct Bus Rider Surveys for New Jersey Transit
VTC is seeking to hire Rutgers University students to conduct onboard ridership surveys September through December 2021.
Ellen O. White is a recipient of the the Helene M. Overly/ Leonard Braun Graduate Scholarship
The WTS Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship was established in 1981 by WTS International to encourage women to pursue career paths in transportation.
Ayla Schermer Receives 2021 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Ayla Schermer is the 2021 recipient of the Mortensen-Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Each year, this award is granted to the highest-achieving student with a concentration in transportation at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
A Century of Progress: The Port Authority’s first 100 years
June 16, 2021, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Virtual
Transport Innovation and COVID-19 Recovery: Designing Urban Environment
May 12, 2021, 9:15 – 10:30 AM
Virtual
Andrea Lubin speaks on Autonomous Vehicles at U.S. Access Board Forum
VTC Senior Researcher Andrea Lubin presented this week with her Rutgers CAIT Colleague Cecilia Feeley at the U.S. Access Board Forum on Inclusive Design of Autonomous Vehicles.
Recent Publications
Understanding How Changes in Mobility Affect the Spread of Coronavirus
Abstract In an effort to understand how changes in mobility are associated with the spread of the coronavirus, distinguished professor Robert Noland used mobility data from Google correlated with estimates of the effective reproduction rate, a measure of viral...
Bikeshare Usage Change in New York City Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract Bikeshare use in New York City dropped substantially during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but by summer of 2020 had largely recovered to pre-pandemic levels. The patterns of usage, however, have changed. In “Changes in the Pattern of Bikeshare...
Research: Variation in ride-hailing trips in Chengdu, China
Noland, R.B, Wang, S, (2021). Variation in ride-hailing trips in Chengdu, China. Science Direct. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920920307823?via%3Dihub Abstract A new paper by Bloustein School doctoral candidate Sicheng Wang and Distinguished...
Predicting transit mode choice of New Jersey workers commuting to New York City from a stated preference survey
Abstract This study examines transit mode choice preferences of New Jersey commuters traveling to New York City (NYC) with the objective of assisting trans-Hudson ferry service planning on the basis of variables significantly affecting mode choice. A stated...