NTIP@Rutgers is offering a free seminar to teach professionals, volunteers and community members who work with older adults and people with...
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2015 New Jersey Complete Streets Summit
The 2015 New Jersey Complete Streets Summit brought together over 250 planners, engineers, advocates, and policy-makers from throughout the state to...
Donald Shoup to speak at VTC Distinguished Lecture
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy present The Alan M. Voorhees...
Transportation Essential for Veterans with Disability
MyCentralJersey.com recently featured VTC's Stephanie DiPetrillo and Andrea Lubin's research regarding the role of transportation in the successful...
According to Bloustein Study, Bloomfield Avenue needs to go on a “Road Diet”
The Bloomfield Avenue Corridor in Verona, Montclair, Glen Ridge and Bloomfield needs to go on a diet in order to be safer. This is based on one of...
VTC Welcomes New Advisory Board Chair
VTC announced that Robert Skinner, Jr., will serve as the Chair of the VTC Advisory Board. He replaces Mortimer Downey, III, who is stepping down,...
Paul Danny Yoder is the 2015 Recipent of the Mortensen/Voorhees Award!
Paul Danny Yoder is the 2015 recipient of the Mortensen/Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Danny demonstrated academic...
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 Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway” Program
The Bayonne Bridge "Raise the Roadway" Program By Joann Papageorgis, Program Director The Bayonne Bridge Navigational Clearance Program Tuesday,...
Recent Publications
A Longitudinal Analysis of Cars, Transit, and Employment Outcomes
How does access to particular types of transportation influence individuals’ economic outcomes? And do typical “snapshot” approaches to research overlook variations in car ownership over time? Ongoing economic development strategies, and the policies that create them,...
Factors Associated with Disability Paratransit’s Travel Time Reliability
Abstract This paper identifies some of the characteristics of trips and pick-up and drop-off locations that are associated with paratransit's travel time reliability. Following convention, reliability has been defined as the inverse of variability. Four measures of...
The Social Context of Travel
Abstract The authors examine how the social context of a neighborhood can influence activity and travel patterns. Specifically, the authors explore the travel patterns of those living in “neighborhoods of affinity,” where members of a group with strong social ties...
The Evolution of School Siting and its Implications for Active Transportation in New Jersey
Abstract The study examines historical changes in the size and location of schools in New Jersey and their relevance to children walking and bicycling to school. It compares the characteristics of schools, students, and surrounding areas of schools established in...