Transportation professionals often find it challenging to communicate critical transportation concepts to a non-technical audience. While some have...
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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...
VTC @ TRB 2017
Please join VTC faculty and staff at the following 96th TRB Annual Meeting sessions, workshops, and events. Trevor Hanson, Andrea Lubin...
Bloustein Transportation Students Receive Scholarships
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Masters in City and Regional Planning (MCRP)...
Transportation Pride
Julene Paul Receives 2016 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Julene Paul is the 2016 recipient of the Mortensen/Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Julene focused her studies on the...
VTC selected for 2016 APA-NJ Annual Planning Awards
2016 American Planning Association - New Jersey Chapter Awardees are announced! Congratulations to the following award winning projects led...
Public Engagement Focus Groups
Rutgers University researchers want to talk to New Jersey residents about their experience and concerns with transportation in our area, such as...
VTC at TRB 2016
VTC at TRB January 10-14, 2016 Please join VTC faculty and staff at the 2016 Transportation Research Board at the following...
Connect to Transit – Free Seminar from NJTIP
NTIP@Rutgers is offering a free seminar to teach professionals, volunteers and community members who work with older adults and people with...
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...