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.
June 16, 2021, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Virtual
May 12, 2021, 9:15 – 10:30 AM
Virtual
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.
June 18, 2021
Virtual
Adrian Ayala is awarded First Place for the 2021 National American Planning Association’s Transportation Planning Division Student Paper Competition for his paper, Exploring Alternatives to Police-Based Traffic Enforcement and OVercoming their Potential Barriers to Implementation.
North Jersey Partners (NJP), in partnership with the Employers Association of New Jersey (EANJ), commissioned research from Rutgers-VTC to better...
Founded in 1961 by Alan M. Voorhees, the eponymous consulting firm, Alan M. Voorhees & Associates, specialized in transportation engineering and...
In January 2013, VTC interviewed Tom Deen. As leader and innovator in the field of transportation, Deen’s career exemplified his commitment to excellence and pursuit of solutions to transportation problems.
NTI partnered with Insight Strategies to develop a course to prepare new and future frontline supervisors.
Abstract This research examined the effect of pre-post differences in walking duration, health, and weight on retirees’ long-term quality of life (QoL). It used data from a 2018 randomized mail survey of 483 suburban New Jersey retirees. Ordinary least squares (OLS)...
Abstract Although a number of recent studies have addressed walking by older adults, many have aggregated recreational and transportation walking into overall physical activity, whereas many others have exclusively focused on recreational walking. Fewer studies...
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...
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...