Our congratulations to Sicheng Wang, PhD candidate. He was recently awarded the IACP Karen R. Polenske Best Student Paper Award for “What is the...
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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.
Vicki Arroyo: Accelerating the Transition to a Clean, Equitable & Resilient Transportation Future
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and the Rutgers...
MCRP Students Win ACRP Student Design Competition
A three-member team from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University won with its design titled, Addressing...
Shannon Eibert Receives 2019 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Shannon Eibert is the 2019 recipient of the Mortensen-Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Shannon will be working for C&S...
Recent Publications
Remembrance of Cars and Buses Past
Abstract Does living in a neighborhood with high-quality public transit influence travel behavior later in life, even if you move to a neighborhood with worse transit service? To test this, we construct residential histories of individuals using decades of data from...
Has the Great Recession and its Aftermath Reduced Traffic Fatalities?
Abstract An analysis of state-level data from 1984 to 2014 provides evidence on the relationship between economic recessions and US traffic fatalities. While there are large reductions associated with decreases in household median income, other policy variables tend...
A rejoinder to the critique of “Costs and Benefits of a Road Diet Conversion”
Abstract This is a rejoinder to a critique by Le Vine (2017) of an evaluation of the costs and benefits of a road diet (Noland et al., 2015), previously published in Case Studies on Transport Policy. I respond to the six points made by Le Vine and conclude with a...
Achieving Mobility Access for Older Adults Through Group Travel Instruction
Abstract It is anticipated that the number of older adults in the United States will reach 70 million before midcentury. Although the majority currently meet their transport needs by driving, one in five older adults does not drive. That statistic is expected to rise...