The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Masters in City and Regional Planning (MCRP)...
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Congratulations VTC Advisory Board Chair Bob Skinner!
Congratulations to Bob Skinner, Chair of VTC's Advisory Board and Former Executive Director of TRB, who was elected to the Board of Directors of...
Video Cameras in Access Link Paratransit Vehicles
Video Cameras in Access Link Paratransit Vehicles. Patrick J. Szary, Andy Kaplan, Andrea Lubin, Brian Tobin, and Mike Manzella. 49 pages. 2015. The...
Plainfield School District Travel Plan Earns 2017 Smart Growth Award
On Wednesday June 7, VTC’s Leigh Ann Von Hagen and Sean Meehan, together with partners from the Plainfield Public School District and the City of...
Catrina Meyer Receives 2017 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Catrina Meyer is the 2017 recipient of the Mortensen/Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. After graduating from Bloustein in...
Reducing Costs of Purchased Transportation for State Agencies
Reducing Costs of Purchased Transportation for State Agencies. Stephanie DiPetrillo, Andrea Lubin, and Michael J. Smart. 127 pages. 2017. This study...
Michael Replogle 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...
Set the Table!
Do you wish it were easier, cheaper, and safer to get around or live in North Jersey? Do you want to get involved locally but aren’t sure how? Did...
Rutgers POET and NJTPA win John and Jane Q Public Award at TRB
Transportation professionals often find it challenging to communicate critical transportation concepts to a non-technical audience. While some have...
VTC Board Member Robert. E. Skinner, Jr. to Receive the George S. Bartlett Award at 2017 TRB Annual Meeting
The recipient of the 2016 Bartlett Award is Robert. E. Skinner, Jr., former Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board. Mr. Skinner is...
Recent Publications
Delays, Detours, and Diversions: Paths to Fully Executed Safe Routes to School Projects
Abstract State governments periodically solicit, review, and award Safe Routes to Schools grants to local governments and school districts that are seeking to make improvements that will improve student travel to and from school. Having endured the process of...
An Evaluation of Transit Procurement Training
Abstract We evaluated a training course called “Orientation to Transit Procurement”, designed and conducted by the National Transit Institute. This course is designed to provide Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grantees an overview of regulations and best...
Attitudes towards transit-oriented development: Resident experiences and professional
Abstract Transit-oriented development (TOD) provides highly efficient access to transit facilities and, when implemented in concert with streetscape changes, improves neighborhood walkability. In some regions, TOD has generated controversy, seen as impinging on the...
The effect of mobility loss and car ownership on the feeling of depression, happiness, and loneliness
Abstract With the conjecture that mobility is affected by both personal impairments and automobile access, this paper examined how difficulty walking, difficulty climbing stairs, and automobile ownership affect subjective wellbeing. Subjective wellbeing was defined by...