MyCentralJersey.com recently featured VTC's Stephanie DiPetrillo and Andrea Lubin's research regarding the role of transportation in the successful...
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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,...
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...
Recent Publications
What do Planning Professionals, Police and Pedestrians in General Think about Distracted Driving and Walking?
Abstract Issues that relate to distracted driving and walking are discussed by presenting results from a survey of planning professionals, police officers, and pedestrians in New Jersey. The pedestrian intercept survey was completed by 788 individuals, while the...
Improving Pathways to Transit for Persons with Disabilities
Abstract Persons with disabilities can achieve a greater degree of freedom when they have full access to a variety of transit modes, but this can only be achieved when the pathways to transit – the infrastructure and conditions in the built environment – allow full...
Travel Patterns, Needs, and Barriers of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Report from a Survey
Abstract Although autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has received a substantial amount of attention in other fields, very little appears in the transportation literature about people with ASD. Because the National Household Travel Survey and metropolitan travel surveys do...
Transportation Issues of Adults on the Autism Spectrum: Findings from Focus Group Discussions
ABSTRACT: Approximately 1.5 to 3.5 million Americans have autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental disability characterized by social communication impairments, repetitive behaviors, and restricted interests. In the coming decade, a half-million persons with...