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...
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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,...
Celebrate the Lives and Legacies of John J. Heldrich & Ralph W. Voorhees
Join us for a Celebration of the Lives and Legacies of John J. Heldrich & Ralph W. Voorhees Monday, April 13, 2015 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Heldrich...
VTC’s Charles Brown talks about Complete Streets
Charles Brown, Senior Research Specialist at VTC was interviewed by Jill Horner from Comcast Newsmakers about Complete Streets in New Jersey! Great...
VTC Researchers in the UTC Spotlight
The US veterans with disability research recently conducted by VTC senior researchers Stephanie DiPetrillo and Andrea Lubin has been chosen as a US...
What are the 10 Best Towns to Ride Bikes in NJ? Check out the NJ Bike Ped Resource Center Bicycling Benchmarking Report
The report provides a comprehensive summary of the bicycle environment at the municipal level throughout the state, using extensive data from 60 municipalities as a baseline.
2011 Pedestrian Safety Tracking Report (2012)
This report is intended to extend and update the information provided in the 2010 Pedestrian Safety Tracking Report. Data presented in this report...
Coordinating School and Public Transportation
As tax relief and aid diminish each year while transportation costs rise, New Jersey school districts are under increasing pressure to consolidate,...
More Than Crossing Streets
Research on the state of the school crossing guard training and working conditions in New Jersey led to the development of current best practices in...
Recent Publications
Transit-oriented development and the frequency of modal use
Abstract Transit-oriented development (TOD) is assumed to be effective at changing the travel behavior of individuals, particularly in increasing the use of public transit, but also by increasing walking activity while decreasing driving. The analysis presented here...
NJ SRTS Program Update Report (June 2014)
The New Jersey Safe Routes to School Program: A Review of Three Years of Services, Training, Research, Outreach and Technical Assistance June 2014 marked the conclusion of the third full year of the enhanced non-infrastructure program housed at the New Jersey Safe...
Bicycling to Rail Stations in NJ: 2013 Benchmarking Report
Abstract The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) undertook an effort to benchmark the current state of travel by a unique set of travelers, transit riders who travel to stations by bicycle. Despite the state’s large commuter and light rail network, a very...
Gay Men Travel Shorter Distances than the Average Person
Abstract VTC's Mike Smart was featured in an Atlantic Cities writeup of an article with Bloustein School PhD graduate Nick Klein on travel patterns in LGBT neighborhoods. Gay men living in gay neighborhoods travel much shorter distances on average than their straight...