Indoor and outdoor physical activity will keep us healthy during this stressful time. VTC's New Jersey Safe Routes program shares ideas for staying active, healthy, and safe in New Jersey even as we maintain our responsibility to our communities to socially distance ourselves from those around us.
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Transportation, Health Equity & COVID-19: Connections Between Access and Well-Being
Access to quality, reliable transportation has a major impact on one’s life. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this disparity has been even more apparent as those living in high-risk areas have suffered more health impacts from the virus. Solutions related to more reliable transportation options and increased density may lead to greater health equity outcomes.
Greetings from NJTIP @ Rutgers!
This year has looked and felt different for all of us. At NJTIP, we have really missed riding buses and trains and showing our clients how to use...
Sicheng Wang awarded 2020 IACP Karen R. Polenske Best Student Paper Award
Our congratulations to Sicheng Wang, PhD candidate. He was recently awarded the IACP Karen R. Polenske Best Student Paper Award for “What is the...
VTC Seeks Senior Research Specialist
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey seeks qualified candidates to fill the Senior Research...
Bloustein doctoral students awarded the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
Ellen O. White is a recipient of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship. She conducts research on the environmental impacts of...
COVID-19 and the Future of Economic Activity and Transportation
On September 29, the Bloustein School’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University convened a full-day virtual symposium to share information and gather input from sector leaders regarding COVID-19 responses and thoughts on what to expect from the post pandemic world.
Behavioral impacts on transportation from COVID-19: Will we be healthier?
With funding from the Bloustein Healthy Communities initiative, VTC is studying the effects of COVID-19 on transportation. Our survey will collect data in New Jersey on changes in travel activity, working from home, and attitudes towards walking and street closures.
Naomi Lee Receives 2020 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Naomi (Seula) Lee is the 2020 recipient of the Mortensen-Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Each year, this award is granted...
EJB Talks: Challenges to Transportation in the Wake of a Pandemic
VTC Director Robert Noland joined Stuart Shapiro to discuss the safety measures transit agencies may need to take to bring commuters back, the effect telecommuting may have transit demand, and how the growth of online services may affect the future of work.
Recent Publications
Practices for Online Public Involvement
Abstract The purpose of this synthesis is to provide the current state of practice for online public involvement (OPI) tools used by state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and to identify additional areas of research needed based on information gathered from a...
Trip patterns and revenue of shared e-scooters in Louisville, Kentucky
Abstract Data on shared e-scooters in Louisville, Kentucky are analyzed. The data includes check out times, trip duration, and trip distance. Patterns in usage are evaluated and suggest that e-scooters are probably not being used for commute trips, but potentially...
A comparison of the personal and neighborhood characteristics associated with ridesourcing, transit use and driving with NHTS
Abstract The opportunity to conduct an overarching national study to examine the characteristics of ridesourcing users and their neighborhoods was absent until the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) dataset was released in 2018. As the 2017 NHTS combines...
Disentangling the role of cars and transit in employment and labor earnings
Abstract In this article, Professor Smart and Nicholas Klein (Bloustein PhD, 2014) find that having a car helps Americans find jobs, keep those jobs over time, and move up the economic ladder. Very good transit service can provide the same benefits, but only about 5%...